The Guessing Game - Updated

What will be on the cover of People this week? My guesses:

Demi Lovato: Hospitalized for an overdose. It happened a week ago, just past the Monday night deadline for last week's issue. There have been so many stories about this at people.com that I can't imagine what's left to write about, but it's a possibility
Karlie Kloss: The supermodel is engaged to Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner
Meghan: She turns 37 this Saturday
Thomas Markle: Around the time of the wedding I had some sympathy for Meghan's father, because it can't be easy to be in the center of a huge media story, but now he just looks pathetic and desperate
Duggar family: Another one is engaged
Les Moonves: The Chairman of CBS is accused of sexual misconduct
Carole Radziwill: Leaving Real Housewives of New York
Omarosa: Her book comes out Aug. 14; the publisher claims it is "explosive and jaw-dropping." If it really is it will be a big deal, but I assume she signed one or more NDAs during her association with Donald Trump, so how truthful can she be? 
Michelle Williams: A secret wedding
Nikki Bella: Cancels her wedding to John Cena, again
Mollie Tibbetts: Missing Attractive White Woman
Don Jr. and/or Kimberly Guilfoyle: Rumors that they're getting engaged as soon as his divorce is final
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas: Engaged after a very short courtship, he's 11 years younger than she is
Nacho!: Would People feature our favorite Argentine polo player? They might. He certainly has cover boy looks and there are cute videos of him with Harry and Meghan
Alex Trebek: Thinking about retiring
Ivanka Trump: She's closing her business; apparently her father has "joked" that he could have had Tom Brady as a son-in-law, did Ivanka and Tom date at some point? (The Mooch says yes, read about it here.)
Grocery Joe, Jordan the obnoxious model, Colton the virgin, etc: Things got pretty wild on the Men Tell All show last night. If tradition holds, next week's cover will feature Becca and her new fiance as the main cover story, but I could see a sidebar story for these guys this week

Stories that appear on the cover of this week's issue will be highlighted in green.

Wednesday morning update: See the new cover, with Demi Lovato as the main story, here.

Harry & Meghan, And Nacho!

A kiss for Harry! Meghan hands over the Sentebale cup to Prince Harry’s team and gives him a congratulatory kiss (after one for captain Nacho Figueras) @people pic.twitter.com/6lGgjxTt8r

— Simon Perry (@SPerryPeoplemag) July 26, 2018

A sweet kiss for newlyweds Harry and Meghan, but wait! Who's that dark-haired guy Meghan kissed (twice, but only on the cheeks) before turning to her husband? It's our old friend Nacho, still Nachoing up a storm and looking very good doing it! 

Our Old Friend Nacho!

Do you remember Nacho Figueras? He's an Argentine polo player, a *very attractive* polo player (that's the first picture I ever saw of him, above,) and I blogged about him a couple of times back in 2009:

June 20, 2009: Just For Fun
August 4, 2009: Still Thinking About Nacho

I may have been thinking about Nacho in 2009 but since then I've gone years without thinking about him at all, then, all of a sudden, today, in an article at people.com featuring the invitation to Harry and Meghan's reception, I came across this:

Prince Harry‘s friend, polo player Nacho Figueras, shared a photo of the program alongside a bottle of cologne and his Ralph Lauren tuxedo in an Instagram post that he has since deleted. (Read the people.com article here.)

Nacho! I went right to his Instagram account and although he had indeed deleted the picture mentioned above, I did find this:

My dear friend, I am so happy for you. You deserve nothing but the best and I wish you both the happiest of lives. Thank you for making us part of this very special day. Best part yet to come!! 💃🕺🏻 #royalwedding @delfinablaquier by @achevalpampa @pomellato Me @ralphlauren @kensingtonroyal

A post shared by Ignacio Figueras (@nachofigueras) on May 19, 2018 at 9:10am PDT

And from Google Images, some pictures of Nacho with the groom. Apparently they really are good friends:

Genetically Blessed

Back in the early days of the blog, I linked to a Vanity Fair poll of the World's Most Handsome Man. (Here's my story, but unfortunately the actual poll's no longer online, so I can't link to it.) After carefully inspecting photos of the candidates, I choose Argentinian polo player Nacho Figueras. I'd never heard of him before but he sure looked good in the pictures. Check this out:



Now Buzzfeed has a cute feature about boy band singer Siva Kaneswaran, saying he's got the most perfect face in the history of faces:

 

What does it all mean? Once again, absolutely nothing. Just some fun eye candy on a nice summer afternoon.  Enjoy!

Note: I corrected this post. Nacho plays polo, not soccer. Also note that according to Nacho's Wikipedia entry, he came in second in Vanity Fair's poll, behind Robert Pattinson, who won, and just ahead of Brad Pitt.

Still Thinking About Nacho

A few weeks ago, I picked Nacho Figueras as my #1 choice in an on-line poll for the world's best looking man. I'd actually never heard of him before I saw the poll, but whatever. He looked really hot in the pictures. Now, because I know you were wondering, I'm happy to report that Nacho is still around. Here's another article about the life and times of the "Stud on a Steed." Turns out he's actually a married man with kids, a hard-working guy just trying to tap into and cash in on America's culture of celebrity, commercialism and manly hotness. I think we should all keep an eye on Nacho, don't you?

Just For Fun

If you need a diversion on this nice Saturday morning, take a look at Vanity Fair's on-line poll to determine who's the world's most handsome man. As I'm writing, Robert Pattinson is in the lead of this totally unscientific poll with 51% of the votes, but Nacho Figueras, who currently has 15%, is the one who gets my vote. I have to point out that my choice is based solely on the pictures provided by Vanity Fair. Until I saw the poll, I had never heard of Nacho, who in case you're wondering is an Argentine polo player, recently described by Page Six Magazine as the "Stud on a Steed." I was marginally more familiar with Robert Pattinson, who is one of those celebrities that I know about from looking at the covers of magazines like OK and US.

So what does it all mean? Absolutely nothing. As I said, just an entertaining diversion.