had a career-defining moment when he appeared on the cover of PEOPLE. Jeff Minton It was the summer of 1987 when Fabio Lanzoni became simply Fabio. Then a successful model — he worked for brands ...

better known simply as Fabio, says he was shooting up to 10 romance book covers a day. With his long, blonde hair flowing, his shirt unbuttoned or off altogether, and often clutching a woman ...

I can handle it. It's no big deal." Related: The Search for Ultimate '90s Hunk Fabio "They want to be that woman on the cover," Fabio added of the fans who would attend the conventions.

Legendary cover model and actor Fabio Lanzoni sounded off on the state of the U.S. on Tuesday, particularly blasting the modern concept of masculinity. Known mononymously as just Fabio ...

Despite having graced the covers of 1,300 romance novels, Fabio is not eager to come out of retirement. “It would have to be ...

In the 1990s, Fabio seemed to exist purely as an aesthetic ideal, gracing the covers of romance novels, peddling butter substitutes, and making cameos in movies to send up his own persona.