Terra's The Boy kicks in the new year with 28-year old model Thiago Alves, photographed by Felipe Lessa.

I find it one of the worst spreads ever shot for the site, not because of the absence of a six-pack, but because the pictures lack some of the free-spirited sex appeal which is so typical of The Boy.

Visit The Boy for the complete spread. More on Monday.

With 21% of your votes, model Evandro Soldati was elected the Hottest Brazilian of the Year at Made In Brazil.

Model Andre Ziehe, who was featured with Evandro at FHM Collections earlier this year, took the second spot with 20% of all votes.

And Ramirez Allender came in third, with 13% of all votes. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of him with a Made In Brazil sign, or else I would have posted it. I need one asap.

Some of my favorite Evandro moments of 2007 are after the jump.

For the next ten days I will be blogging from Punta del Este. Now that Uruguay has approved gay civil unions I like this place even more. Expect pictures from here, as well as the usual coverage of news in Brazil.

If you are spending NYE in Floripa or Rio, send pictures of the parties, and I will make sure to post them. For a list of events, check out:
Rio de Janeiro Party Guide To NYE
Floripa Party Guide To NYE

Nothing like having efficient readers in São Paulo to send you pictures of go-go boys at The Week on Christmas night. I was expecting that they would be wearing Santa hats and red speedos, but I will take what I can get.

I love Katharine McPhee's rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas.

This holiday season billboards across Brazil were taken over by Carol Trentini in the ad campaign for shopping center Iguatemi.