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Just17 magazine and Rufus the model

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Gahdammit · 07/05/2025 13:04

Random bored Wednesday afternoon work discussion...

Just17 magazine used to regularly feature a model called Rufus. One person had his picture all over her wall. Another person thought he was odd looking.

We need to settle who was right! 🤣 (From a teenage girl point of view, not an adult woman perving over a topless young model! Otherwise eww!)

Who was Rufus?
Is he still a model?
Was he poster worthy or odd looking?

Personally I had no opinion on him. If he wasn't David Duchovny, I wasn't interested. 😂

YABU - I fancied him
YANBU - Nah, I'd skip those pages

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MrsFrumble · 07/05/2025 15:27

Didn’t Rufus look a bit like Dexter Fletcher?

Personally I had no opinion on him. If he wasn't David Duchovny, I wasn't interested.

Ha ha, I can relate to this. Although I’m currently rewatching the X Files with my kids and I’ve obviously gone a bit bisexual in my old age because this time around it’s Gillian Anderson that I can’t take my eyes off. My god, she’s beautiful 😍

Oistinemup · 07/05/2025 15:24

LateForMyOwnFuneral · 07/05/2025 13:58

"Just Seventeen magazine" https://www.facebook.com/JustSeventeenMagazine/

I bet you the woman on here has photos...

What??

curtaintwitcher78 · 07/05/2025 15:23

Maaate · 07/05/2025 15:11

Malcolm was dreamy 😍

there was also a female model they used a lot called Cher IIRC?

Yup, she had great brows.

And there was Terri who ended up in a relationship with Simon Cowel for years.

Maaate · 07/05/2025 15:11

Malcolm was dreamy 😍

there was also a female model they used a lot called Cher IIRC?

Seeyousoonboo · 07/05/2025 15:09

Malcolm was just gawjuss back then. I would have been 16 in 1993 so prime hormonal age for good looking lads!

Echobelly · 07/05/2025 15:09

I was team Malcolm! 😄

Don't remember Rufus though.

IKillUnkillablePlants · 07/05/2025 15:07

Malcolm

Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
Seeyousoonboo · 07/05/2025 15:07

Top middle is Mathew Marsden

https://www.instagram.com/matthewdmarsden/

God I used to love Just 17 and would walk to the top shops to collect my copy.

LeaveALittleNote · 07/05/2025 14:54

Hmm this is sounding vaguely familiar. I can’t picture him in my mind though.

I remember in a different magazine (maybe It’s Bliss or Sugar) they interviewed male models and one of the questions was “How do you know when she’s the one?” The model replied “If she can clean her teeth while I’m having a poo.” I was so disgusted by his answer! I stopped fancying him instantly!

SpinandSing · 07/05/2025 14:52

This thread is making me laugh. Malcolm was Cassius in Mizz...I actually remember going to the Mizz Male Model Roadshow in Crawley. What an event. I think Malcolm did a bit of telly in the following years too...I have an enduring vision of him in tight black leather pants with an oversized white t-shirt.

We need a picture of Rufus. I've got a feeling he was an actor.

Mrsfenchurch · 07/05/2025 14:45

Arniesaxe · 07/05/2025 14:21

Alistair was a regular model too. I think he's the one who married my (😂) Delline.

This Delline Bass?? 😬
https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/heroin-addict-singer-spared-jail-over-arson-at-her-mums-south-shields-home-368677

twilightcafe · 07/05/2025 14:45

Roger Wright was GORGEOUS

BlueCase · 07/05/2025 14:43

You could message Malcolm. I have just checked; he is active on insta and might know Rufus 😂

JesusOnAYamaha · 07/05/2025 14:37

Is that Terry Christian top left?

MargaritaPracticallyCan · 07/05/2025 14:36

I saw Vernon modelling at the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham in about 1990, 1991 I reckon.

curtaintwitcher78 · 07/05/2025 14:32

ymemanresu · 07/05/2025 14:28

Who was the male model with the long hair? I liked him

That was Malcolm.

curtaintwitcher78 · 07/05/2025 14:32

There was a girl who modeled for them with fabulous eyebrows. Was she called Cher?

ymemanresu · 07/05/2025 14:28

Who was the male model with the long hair? I liked him

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 07/05/2025 14:27

Is this them?

Just17 magazine and Rufus the model
curtaintwitcher78 · 07/05/2025 14:27

Rufus, Malcolm, oh who were the others...
Scott Maslen was on a few pull-out posters too. Yes, that Scott Maslen.

jay55 · 07/05/2025 14:26

BettyEagleton · 07/05/2025 13:44

My mum worked with Malcolm’s mum. And yet I never got to meet him. Still a bit cross about that.

That is horrific child abuse. Grin Hope you remind her when you’re choosing a care home…

ymemanresu · 07/05/2025 14:25

Anyone remember Anya Lahiri? she was gorgeous, i wanted to be her. hmm maybe i fancied her a bit too 😂

Arniesaxe · 07/05/2025 14:21

Alistair was a regular model too. I think he's the one who married my (😂) Delline.

Sauvin · 07/05/2025 14:20

I only remember a model called Vernon who featured a lot and seemed to have a big personality. Vernon Kay of course.

DinaofCloud9 · 07/05/2025 14:15

I remember the American twins. One was called Derek maybe? Blond and toothy.

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