
T oday, I was rudely awakened. The alarm for my wake-up call was set the week before last when, on a whim, I entered a contest on the gay online-dating website Manhunt. It was a search for 12 models -- three from Argentina, three from Colombia, three from Mexico, three from Spain -- for the 2010 Manhunt calendar. I don't know why I entered. I was bored, or looking for something. Validation, maybe. I never expected anything to come of it. I entered and forgot about it. On Sunday or Monday of last week, they sent [...]