Travis Fimmel was born in 1979 near Echuca, Victoria and worked on the family farm until being accepted at Melbourne University. He was discovered by the roommate of a Chadwick Model agency talent scout while working out at a Hawthorn gym and headed to Los Angeles to make a go at modeling and went from being totally broke to becoming the world’s first man to get a six-figure, exclusive one-year contract to model for Calvin Klein in 2002. His appearance in Calvin Klein ads reportedly caused enough commotion that a billboard in London was taken down because women drivers, who slowed down to look at it, were causing traffic accidents. Continue reading →