Androgynous Model Goes Topless for Toyota

Stav Strashko struts his stuff

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Broadcast censors would have a tough time with this one: Should a man be allowed to go topless in a TV commercial if he looks pretty convincingly like a woman? Stav Strashko, 19, an androgynous male model born in the Ukraine and raised in Israel, does just that in this Toyota spot—strutting in bikini bottoms before turning around to show his feminine face and male chest. The tagline translates to, "Not trendy, not casual, not for everyone," according to Copyranter.

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