Meet the ridiculously photogenic homeless guy, whose picture has been shared 40,000 times on Facebook



It started with the Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, snapped as he ran down the streets of South Carolina during a 10km race.



Then there was the Ridiculously photogenic surgery girl and the Ridiculously Photogenic Puppy.

Now there is another name joining the internet sensation: the Ridiculously Photogenic Homeless Guy.

30-year-old Rafael Nunes has become the latest face to go viral after he was spotted by a tourist in the Brazilian town of Curitiba.

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Ex-model Rafael Nunes was dubbed 'ridiculously photogenic homeless guy' last October

His photograph was posted online last week and within days had more than 40,000 shares on Facebook.

In it he is bundled up in several layers of clothing, one jumper so badly worn that his thumb pokes through the sleeve.

A thick blanket is wrapped around his shoulder, likely one of his few possessions.

But the young man's desolate expression is at odds with his stunning blue eyes, which have captured the hearts of thousands.

The craze began with the ridiculously photogenic guy, snapped as he ran a South Carolina 10km

Ridiculously Photogenic Surgery Girl and Ridiculously photogenic Puppy became internet sensations

A former model, Nunes has been homeless for a year, his mother told the Folha de Sao Paolo newspaper.

Now his looks have once again found him fame.

He was interviewed by local TV station Balanco Geral, acknowledging the drug problem that led to his downfall.

'Selling it, disgraced, laundering the money, disgraced,' he said. 'It’s killing my dad. It’s killing my mother, killing my brother.

Nunes' family hope his most recent rehab stint will be more successful than the others

'And the society looks down on my situation. I’ve encountered people where, the worse your situation, the more they don’t even see that you’re human.'

During the interview Nunes clutches his face in apparent distress, tears running down his face, a bottle of beer in one hand.

Past attempts at rehab have been unsuccessful, but Nunes' family remain hopeful after he checked into a San Paulo clinic last Saturday.

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