{"id":2740,"date":"2011-08-16T15:35:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T15:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2011-08-16T15:35:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-16T15:35:42","slug":"models-direct%e2%80%99s-jake-smith-becomes-hunks-in-trunks-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/models-direct%e2%80%99s-jake-smith-becomes-hunks-in-trunks-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Models Direct\u2019s Jake Smith Becomes Hunks In Trunks Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2653\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/our-models-become-mr-supernational-2011-finalists\/z252295b-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2653\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2653\" title=\"Models Direct model, Jake\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-uploads\/2011\/08\/Z252295b.jpg\" alt=\"Models Direct model, Jake\" width=\"227\" height=\"284\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Models Direct model, Jake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Having already found out that our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/become-a-model\/men\/\" target=\"_blank\">male model<\/a> Jake Smith became a finalist in this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/our-models-become-mr-supernational-2011-finalists\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Supernational modelling competition<\/a>, we\u2019ve now just found out that he has also become a Hunks In Trunks finalist on ITV\u2019s This Morning!<\/p>\n<p>This summer, This Morning has been broadcasting live from beaches around the country looking for hunks to take part in this saucy swimwear competition!<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Solomon, Brian Dowling and Imogen Thomas presented the show live from Weston-super-Mare which saw the boys posing in their trunks in an attempt to impress the judges.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old, who has worked as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/ourmodelssay-select.html\" target=\"_blank\">photographic and promotional model<\/a> on a number of occasions for Models Direct, beat 6 other men to become Weston-super-Mare\u2019s Hunks In Trunks finalist.<\/p>\n<p>Jake, along with the other winners, will be put through to the grand final in Benidorm on Thursday 1st September where the judging panel will select the finalist to win the title of \u201cHunk in Trunks\u201d\u00a02011!<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itv.com\/this-morning\/showbiz\/this-morning-live-from-weston-super-mare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jake in action here<\/a> (12.45).<\/p>\n<p>Good luck in Spain Jake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having already found out that our male model Jake Smith became a finalist in this year\u2019s Mr Supernational modelling competition, we\u2019ve now just found out that he has also become a Hunks In Trunks finalist on ITV\u2019s This Morning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,116,7,61],"tags":[995,997,996,732,433,601,677,982,994,761],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-fitness","category-men","category-models","category-tv","tag-brian-dowling","tag-hunks-in-trunks","tag-imogen-thomas","tag-itv","tag-male-modelling","tag-male-models","tag-modelling-competitions","tag-models-direct-models","tag-stacey-solomon","tag-swimwear"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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