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tomgirl 
The only reason he looks "ripped" in those pictures is because he'd probably been starving himself prior to the photo shoot in order to get a lower BMI and therefore look like he has abs of steel. It's like scrawny teenage guys who think they have a 6 pack because they can't gain weight and shoot up to 6'2 in, like, 4 days.
Yes. It's definitely what some models -and actors/resses-do, so you very well could be right about that, Tomgirl. But still, they look kinda real (hard to tell from a picture, but if so ... As to the People thing, indeed. In turn, means many out there believe he's good looking. I really hadn't given Ryan much thought myself, then, didn't really know much about him until this thread. But, yes, everyone has their own taste of course, CouttsClient. Boy next door? That's a good way of describing him, I think. As to Betty or RSS - both funny (Sandra did call Betty a "national treasure," though -- Just kidding ... trust you know that link of yours was indeed brilliant and most appreciated ...

EDIT: yep, those abs as pictured above do look pretty real ...