Meet Hot Santa's Sexy Summer Stand-In, Philippe Dumas

Hot Santa had his moment this past winter — but since he’s currently on his extended annual vacation, the Internet needed another bearded, gray-haired hipster dude to drool over.

Enter: Philippe Dumas, a 60-year-old Frenchman whose inviting brown eyes, upturned mustache, and skinny pants have recently won over the Internet.

According to the Daily Mail, Dumas decided just under a year ago to go after his lifelong dream of becoming a professional model, after the advertising agency he worked for went bankrupt. He grew out his beard and uploaded some amateur photos of himself on Imgur with the caption, “Retired but not out, giving a last go to my lifelong dream of becoming a model, do I have it in me?” Thankfully, the Internet thought yes, and blessed him with 360,000 views.

Soon the pros caught notice of the former ad man’s charms, and he was able to land several high-profile photo shoots — including one for stock image site Getty and a campaign for Joop! Homme fragrance.

Dumas told Style Aria that he maintains his enviable bod by doing weight lifting, cardio, and a bit of ballet five days a week. He doesn’t smoke and drinks only socially, but admits that he “sometimes [falls] for a nice and juicy hamburger full of carbs.” Hey, who doesn’t?

Unsurprisingly, though, when it comes to his look, it’s Dumas’s wondrous beard that gets most of the attention. “Just like a woman pays great attention to her hair, I cherish my beard,” he says, explaining that he lavishes it in scented oils to keep it shiny and lush each morning, and washes it after every meal. He adds, “I always feel like touching or caressing it. It’s very relaxing. I have to struggle [not] to do it too much.”

Something tells us he’s not the only one who’s struggling for that self-restraint. As the people in his native France would say, vous êtes très beau, Daddio.

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