Richard Madden is in the running to be crowned Scotland’s Sexiest Man this year, and is likely to be awarded a Sexiest Man Alive award, based on his physical features.
A study collated by Casino Guardian reveals that the ideal man has short tousled dark-brown hair and brown eyes, is exactly 6ft in height, has an athletic build and short brown facial hair.
Madden has curly dark brown hair, is just over 5ft 9” in height, is in great shape, and sports either a short brown beard or stubble - making him a near-perfect match.
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Madden is almost identical to the profile - aside from his blue eyes - and is proving increasingly popular with fans, after smash roles in Marvel’s Eternals and Game of Thrones.
The annual Sexiest Man Alive awards use reader votes to determine the hottest men across key categories, including sexiest smile, and are considered a benchmark of attractiveness.
The actors nominated tend to be very popular with fans and hold a prolific career - which Madden definitely does - meaning he’s a likely contender for taking home an award.
And that’s not all - the fact Madden sports facial hair is a major bonus for the Bodyguard star, as men with a beard were found to be a massive 62 per cent more attractive than those without.
The study looked at the most-often occurring physical features held by men awarded the prestigious accolade - including hair colour, hair length, eye colour, facial hair, tattoos, body build and height - as well as lifestyle attributes, such as marital status, job and birthdate.
Also in the running is Bathgate’s David Tennant - who does have brown eyes, but is older than the ideal age - and Glasgow’s James McAvoy, who is also held back by his baby blues.
Previous Scottish champs include Outlander hunk Sam Heughan, who won over 57 per cent of the vote, and it looks likely that numerous Scots could be in with a shot this time around.
Other key findings from the study included naming the sexiest star signs, based on which appear most frequently in the lists, which came out as Leo (July 22nd - August 23rd), Cancer (June 21st - July 22nd) and Pisces (February 18th to March 20th).
To see the full findings of the Sexiest Man study, please visit here.
