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In 1993, the American model

Max Parrish

became a

mass idol

who gradually became an icon with its own identity.

That handsome young man with coal-colored hair and

lips as pronounced and full

as William Levy's in

Coffee with the Scent of a Woman

seduced men and women with a

simple gesture,

caressing his lower lip with his thumb.

A new Latin lover

was born

, the Martini Boy.

But that gesture was not devised by the Italian aperitif that based its stories on privileged settings on the coast of the country of the boot.

McCann Erickson

's publicists

were inspired by

Jean Paul Belmondo

's character in

Le Gout de Soeur

that every time he kissed a woman he rubbed his thumb over his mouth to

remove the remains of lipstick.

With a spotless

black suit

and sheltered behind

sunglasses of

the same color that hid his brown gaze, Parrish reached the zenith of his career and fame because since then

little or nothing has been known about him,

except that he has intervened in films .

small time that have not been backed up by memory.

Unwittingly, Parrish was one of the

most coveted names in

advertising.

Like his partner, a then unknown South African model named

Charlize Theron

who years later would be one of the

great stars of Hollywood.

Yes, she was that attractive blonde whose dress was unraveling as she walked until part of her derrière was visible.

From the beginning, his person was everything was a mystery.

A

perfectly executed

marketing strategy .

Nobody on the street

knew his name,

they did n't know the color of his eyes, they had no idea

what his voice was like

and, of course, any information regarding his private life had disappeared from the face of the earth.

The glamor had to be perpetuated.

Even during the visit he made to

Palma de Mallorca

driving a red Alfa Romeo from the 1960s to present one of the spots, he fulfilled his role to the letter.

The puzzle continued.

Nor was her true self revealed when she

was invited to the program

Surprise, surprise

presented by Concha Velasco so that a teenager who covered her folders with her photos would be speechless and on the verge of fainting when she met him.

Today,

almost 50 years old,

nothing is known about Max Parrish.

Not even if he is married or has children.

He has fallen into oblivion

.

As has also happened with his films,

Handcuff me, turn me on, kiss me

(1992) or

The story of O: Untold Pleasures

(2002) which apparently is his last work on the big screen.

That was 20 years ago.

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