9 months ago
Valtteri Bottas has already go almost arsenic good known for his nude selfies arsenic his F1 racing, and now he has decided to put his world-famous posterior towards a bully cause.
Bottas has released a almanac pinch 12 photos of him baring his backside, pinch $8 from each waste sold going toward Australian kindness activity Movember, which supports men's patient causes including nan conflict against prostate cancer.
It comes aft nan Finnish driver became known for his nude exploits, first successful a viral image of himself lying successful a stream successful Aspen and past different changeable of him strolling done a watercourse successful nan nude.
Finnish F1 driver Valtteri Bottas already has a world-famous backside, truthful he decided to put it towards a bully cause
Bottas (pictured launching nan calendar) is helping raise consciousness of men's wellness problems pinch nan calendar, pinch costs from each waste going to a celebrated Australian charity
'Last year, erstwhile I launched that 1 photo, successful Aspen, it was rather popular, and we really raised rather a spot of funds,' Bottas told Speedcafe.
'Because I do rather a spot of worldly pinch Ripke, we started to joke astir an idea, imagining if location was a afloat calendar, truthful we decided 'Let's do it', and for charity.
'Since nan motorboat a mates of days ago, we person raised astir 50,000 euros and counting.
'The purpose is to get 100,000 euros, and it's chiefly for prostate crab research, which I deliberation is simply a bully cause.'
In 2003, 2 friends from Australia, Travis Garone and Luke Slattery, started Movember pinch nan lighthearted purpose of making moustaches celebrated again, and persuaded their friends to participate successful nan cause.
Drawing inspiration from a friend's mother who was progressive successful bosom cancer fundraising, they linked nan moustache to nan iconic pinkish ribbon, creating a male-centric initiative.
The almanac launched by Bottas will donate costs to Movember, which raises money and consciousness for men's wellness issues
Movember was started successful Australia by Travis Garone and Luke Slattery and has since go a monolithic world movement
In 2005, nan run really took off. The squad sewage bigger, and they kicked disconnected a run called 'Give Prostate Cancer a Kick successful nan A***.'
Thousands sewage connected committee including a squad of 9,315 guys called Mo Bros subordinate them, collectively raising $1.2 cardinal for Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
In 2007, moreover much group sewage involved. There were 134,171 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas from Australia, New Zealand, nan US, Canada, nan UK, and Spain. Together, they raised $21.5 cardinal and made a batch of group alert of men's wellness issues.
Since then, group from each complete nan world, some Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, person been portion of nan world movement.
They won nan Social Force of nan Year grant from GQ Australia mag and since 2003, 4,027,688 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas person joined in, raising $661 cardinal and supporting complete 770 men's wellness projects.
Bottas is besides taking portion successful Movember, increasing retired his moustache to raise money for nan kindness drive
Bottas is besides taking portion successful Movember and revealed nan origin had touched him personally.
'Movember is focusing connected that rather a lot, and I cognize immoderate people, adjacent people, who person had immoderate issues pinch that benignant of thing,' he said.
'I deliberation pinch men arsenic well, for illustration Movember, focusing connected men's health, galore group are rather acrophobic of speaking astir those kinds of things.
'So I went each out, showing myself, trying to group an example. It's a quality body, you don't request to beryllium shy.'
