Daily Mail, Thursday, December 15, 2016 V1 Page 21 The hairy look’s grown on us – eight of the world’s 10 sexiest men have beards By Kelly Allen THE best-looking men used to be clean-cut smoothies with chiseled good looks. But now that facial hair has grown on us, this year could become the year of the beard. Of Glamour magazine’s 100 sexiest men for 2017, chosen by 80,000 readers, an astonishing 63 have facial hair. Just two slipped into the top ten without beards – Night Man- ager hunk Tom Hiddleston, 35, and US actor Matt Bomer, 39. Jamie Dornan was awarded the top spot for a second time, hav- ing got to No1 in 2015. 2 3 4 The Fifty Shades Of Grey star, Straggly: Aidan Turner Hirsute: Robert Pattinson Hipster: James McAvoy 34, has previously told how much he dislikes being clean-shaven. He said: ‘I hate my face without a beard. I look like a thumb.’ He’s not alone. Aidan Turner, 33, who comes in at No2, doesn’t shave when he’s not filming Poldark. He said: ‘In my next ‘They no longer look crusty’
role I want to grow a beard – and put on loads of weight.’ The full list positively bristles with men who’ve ditched their razors, including Leonardo DiC- aprio, 42, Prince Harry, 32, and 5 6 7 Victoria star Rufus Sewell, 49. Stubble: Luke Evans Groomed: Chris Evans Goatee: Mike Colter Adam Brady, grooming expert at award-winning barber Ruffi- ans in London, said fortune was finally favouring the beard, add- ing: ‘Beards were seen as dirty and unhygienic. But the stigma seems to have gone. ‘Men have got better at styling their beards. They no longer look straggly and crusty.’ Glamour’s top ten sexiest men of 2017 are: 1. Jamie Dornan; 2. Aidan Turner; 3. Robert Pattin- son, 30, from the Twilight films; 4. X-Men star James McAvoy, 37; 5. Luke Evans, 37, from The Hob- bit; 6. Captain America star Chris Evans, 35; 7. Mike Colter, 40, Luke Cage actor; 8. Matt 1 Bomer; 9. Tom Hiddleston; 10. 8 9 10 Hairy hunk: Jamie Dornan hates going clean-shaven TV fitness coach Joe Wicks, 30. Smooth: Matt Bomer Shaven: Tom Hiddleston Trimmed: Joe Wicks Oh buoy! By Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent 62ft wave DIVORCED men who try to wrig- Ex-husbands who gle out of paying off their ex-wives could face a driving ban. is a record Law reformers yesterday called for fresh sanctions against those who avoid paying divorce settlements breaker ordered by the courts. Among the penalties should be 12- don’t pay up after A 62ft Atlantic wave between Brit- month driving bans and the confiscation ain and Iceland has become the of passports, the Law Commission said. highest ever recorded by a buoy, The plan for husbands, and some wives, the World Meteorological Organ- follows complaints that ‘family financial ization has said. orders’ imposed in a divorce are fre- Taller than a six-storey building, quently ignored, and that those who fail to pay cannot easily be punished. the wave followed a ‘very strong’ At present the only penalty a wife can divorce could lose cold front that had barrelled ask for if her former husband fails to pay through the area, producing up is a prison sentence, but judges need a 50mph winds. criminal standard of proof before they will It occurred on February 4, 2013. send an unco-operative divorcee to jail, The previous record for a wave so the punishment is rarely enforced. measured by a climate-analysing The Commission’s recommendations buoy was also recorded in the mean a husband who has not paid could be disqualified from driving for a year. A driving licences North Atlantic in 2007, and was court would return his licence if he 60ft (18.3m) tall. handed over the money. said: ‘As the orders are made by the hardship for the individuals expensive. They also said this Experts say the highest waves However, the report said, it would court to meet needs, non-compli- involved. Judges need the neces- would treat divorcees in too similar typically occur in the North Atlan- ance can have a devastating impact. sary powers to ensure that those a way to criminal offenders. be self-defeating to impose a driv- tic, with wind circulation and Rent or mortgage payments may who can pay, but choose not to, The recommendations will be sent atmospheric pressure in winter ing ban on someone who needed to be missed; basic necessities may comply with court orders.’ to Justice Secretary Liz Truss, who drive to earn a living, because they become unaffordable; children’s It would be up to spouses who will decide whether they should leading to extra-tropical storms would lose the ability to make the standard of living may be affected. had not been paid – usually women form the basis of new legislation. often referred to as ‘bombs’. money to pay their former spouse. ‘Enforcement can be difficult … – to apply to the court for a driving Lawyer Jenny Arnold, of JMW WMO deputy chief Wenjian So, it also recommended that Ineffective enforcement causes real or travel ban to be enforced. Solicitors, said: ‘The measures sug- Zhang said: ‘It is a remarkable judges should have powers to con- hardship, results in costs to the The proposals also say courts gested will send an important mes- record. We need high quality and fiscate passports. Only UK pass- state and undermines confidence should have powers to get informa- sage because they impact on some- extensive ocean records to help ports should be taken, the report in the justice system.’ tion on the real wealth of a divorcee one’s lifestyle and, therefore, might in our understanding of weather/ said, and they should be given back Law commissioner Professor who refuses to pay, including access be the kind of pressure capable of when the erring spouse pays up. Nicholas Hopkins said: ‘The cur- to bank accounts and tax records. persuading them to pay up.’ ocean interactions.’ Courts in England and Wales rent law for the enforcement of But the Commission abandoned But she said the proposals left Automated buoys send back make 90,000 family financial orders family financial orders is unneces- the idea of curfews and electronic loopholes, particularly for self- data on sea currents, tempera- each year, and they feature in three sarily complicated and often inef- tagging for spouses who refuse to employed people who may be able tures and swells for seafarers, cli- out of four divorce cases. The report fective. These problems cause real pay up, deciding this would be too to move earnings out of the UK. mate researchers and others.