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Fabio old spice- Hello, ladies! Italian model Fabio is trying to muscle in on Isaiah Mustafa as the front man for Procter & Gamble Co.'s Old Spice line of men's body wash and deodorant.
The long-tressed Fabio, whose image has launched a few hundred romance novels, claims to be "the new Old Spice guy." In one video, he bursts through a poster of Mustafa, the former professional football player whose shirtless charm brought the world's largest consumer product maker and advertiser a big hit.
Behind Fabio's role is Wieden+Kennedy, the Portland, Ore., ad agency that also helped create last year's "Smell Like A Man, Man" campaign and online and social media sensation. P&G CEO Bob McDonald often cites the campaign as a multimedia success.
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