Photos: Polo player Ignacio “Nacho” Figueras
By 2005 Figueras had become the face of the Ralph Lauren Black Label clothing line and the Polo Black fragrance line. By 2007, Polo Ralph Lauren was the corporate sponsor of the Black Watch polo team he captained. Above, the 33-year-old Argentine rides in the second annual Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic VIP party in May on Governors Island. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images)
A June 2009 Vanity Fair readers poll voted Figueras the second most handsome man in the world, below “Twilight” actor Robert Pattinson and above Brad Pitt. (Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images)
“I can use that [attention] to continue my mission, to do my thing, you know?,” Figueras says of his lofty standing in Vanity Fair’s poll. “I’m married and I have three kids, so I cannot use it for anything else, so I don’t care.” (Neilson Barnard / Getty Images)