How 15 Famous Men Looked When They Were Recognized as the Most Handsome in the World and Now
People
04/12/2022

We at Bright Side decided to recall the men who were once shining on magazine covers and compare how they looked the year they became winners to how they look now.
Mel Gibson — 1985 and 2022
Jean-Claude Van Damme — 1991 and 2021
Harry Hamlin — 1987 and 2021
James Denton — 2005 and 2021

Oscar De La Hoya — 1997 and 2021
Daniel Dae Kim — 2006 and 2021
Keanu Reeves — 2012 and 2021
Nick Nolte — 1992 and 2021
Tom Hiddleston — 2013 and 2022

Denzel Washington — 1996 and 2022
Patrick Dempsey — 2007 and 2022
Diego Boneta — 2015 and 2021
Harrison Ford — 1998 and 2021
Robert Pattinson — 2011 and 2022
Tom Cruise — 1990 and 2021
Cruise is 28 years old in the left photo and 59 years old in the right photo.
Which of these celebrities only started to look better with age, in your opinion? Which of these male celebrities is the most attractive to you?
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