Halt! Charles Powell has been crowned the winner of the Men's Health Cover Model Competition 2012
It's the magazine that describes its reader's as 'active, successful, intelligent men' whose rippling abs grace its cover month after month. And now, after sifting through hundreds of entries, the readers of Men’s Health have spoken and chosen the winner of the iconic title of Cover Model 2012. Meet Charlie Powell, a 32-year-old army captain from Stamford in Lincolnshire, who has been crowned with the prestigious title of Men’s Charlie, who features on the cover of this month’s Men’s Health, raked in a staggering 4,270 votes to win the title and is sure to have appealed to the women who like their men in a uniform. He has trained at the prestigious Sandhurst, where he built his toned physique and prides himself on his ability to strap
Read all about it: The October issue will feature the full interview (and plenty of pictures) of this year's winner Health Cover Model 2012.
100lbs of kit to his back and fight in any environment in the world.'If that does not embody fitness I don’t know what does,' he said in his application. His level of fitness has helped him to complete two physically demanding tours of Afghanistan and he has pushed himself to his physical limits. He said: 'It's extremely important for my job to be fit, as a Captain in the Infantry, I am expected to lead my men from the front in extremely arduous and dangerous conditions. Being fit in my jobcan quite literally save lives.' He
Guns of steele: Charles trained at Sandhurst and has completed two tours of Afghanistan
embodies the magazine’s ideal of motivating himself to stay in great shape, wherever he might be. 'I never wanted to work in an office Source: Travelfwd+
