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There’s no arguing that 2017 has been the year of the male vlogger. As predicted in our The Next Generation Issue, the boys are painting the town red – facing off against the girls when it comes to delivering a slew of beauty hacks and how-tos (and taking a piece of the pie when it comes to sponsored cash. Hola). 

The latest display that has fingers pointing to this being the new sign of the times is the appearance of popular male vlogger Manny Gutierrez on People’s Most Beautiful List for 2017. 

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The only stand-alone man (non-couple) to make the cut, it seems People agrees with Maybelline that Gutierrez is worth breaking the traditional mould for (Gutierrez was recently tapped by Maybelline to be their first male brand ambassador).

Known as Manny MUA, the social media guru is having one hellova year – but it hasn’t always been easy. Chatting to People, the vlogger reveals: “It been crazy because I never thought of myself as a pioneer. It’s been pretty cool. I was one of the first male influencers in the beauty world, and I had to fight tooth and nail to get any brand to recognise me as someone in [that world]. It was hard to get my name out there, but luckily I have an awesome following who would not stay silent and helped me get to where I wanted to be.”

When you’re featuring on lists alongside Hollywood greats such as Julia Roberts – who was crowned the magazine’s most beautiful person – you must be doing something right. Something we guess his 3.5 million Instagram followers and 2.7 million YouTube subscribers would also attest to.

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