Heidi Klum, Tyra Banks, Iman, Grace Jones and the beautiful ticking timebomb best known as Naomi Campbell-although some would call her "slugger," these are some of the most sought after and respected names in the world of modern modeling. And just like almost everything else in life, beautiful women have a way of overshadowing everything else in their midst. That includes their male counterparts in the runway world. Black men models have been sopping up a lot of print and runway work with the universial embracing of many urban clothing lines, like the hip-hop inspired Phat Farm and Sean Jean.There are a lot of wildly successful male models, and while some take to sticking to the runway and others enjoy working in print more, there's also a large market for naked men models.

Nude Modeling

Posing nude has never been taboo in the modeling industry. Hey, just look at Grace Jones. As one of the most "in demand" "Amazons" of the eighties industry, Grace showed up at nearly every red carpet event barely clothed. Naked men models have been popular with sculpturers and painting art students for years, and apparently a lot of them have gotten dibs on the adult market as well.

Naked Men Models In The Adult Industry

Rod Berry is a gem within the naked men modeling world.has worked as a model, escort, dancer and adult actor. Rod is now bringing his experience as a naked men's model to his directing work at San Francisco's Falcon Studios, an adult film studio.

Born in Upstate New York in 1973, Rod is French-Canadian and Irish. His family moved to America's gay mecca of San Francisco when Rod was young. San Francisco would play a big role and landing this former United States Marine some of his first roles in the naked men models circle. He was a successful naked maled model with appearances in Men In Touch, Unzipped, Honcho and Jocks under his belt. He later joined the world of porn, making his debut in The Few, The Proud, The Naked 6. And the former military man has appeared in many pornos with military themes.

With the market for black men models wide open, one former black runway strutter managed to cross over to to the world of naked men models. Lexington Steele was born Clifton Britt on November 28, 1969 in New Jersey and worked in the world of stocks and bonds before becoming on of the pioneers of interracial and ebony pornography. He was a strong student who once attended one of the best historical black institutions of higher education in the United States, Morehouse College. No one could have predicted that he would one day become one of many naked men models.

Lex moved to New York City after his graduation from Syracuse University in the upper plains of the state. The intelligent Lex fit in within his Wall Street counterparts but still spent whatever free time he had as a financial analyst modeling. With mocha dark skin and a physique that was out of this world, Lexington was right at home with showing off his body as a naked men's model. Adult film pioneer and award-winning director, Peter North is another of the naked men models that eventually found success in the adult film industry.