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Raised in the London suburb of Upminster by his parents, Jean and George, Sculfor was a star gymnast in high school. "He's a fabulous son," says Jean. "He's excelled at everything he's done." At 16, Sculfor dropped out to pursue a boxing career. He showed promise in the ring, but he lost interest in the sport. "As soon as I discovered girls, my training started to slide," he said in a 1997 profile in the British tabloid The Mirror. He wound up taking a $250-a-week job as a bricklayer, but when he was 24, his mother entered him into a modeling contest on a lark. Despite six hairline fractures and a chip in his nose earned during his boxing days, he won. At first, Sculfor wasn't interested in modeling – "Being pampered makes me feel uncomfortable and I didn't like all the posing," he said of his early test photos. But his first job offer changed his mind. "As soon as they told me about the money, I was there like a shot!" he told the newspaper.
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