If you knew Marvin Montgomery during his days at Sandy Creek High School, you might not recognize him now.
"I was your pretty typical student, and really skinny," Montgomery, 27, said.
Now he's got a college degree. A career as a financial analyst. And muscles, muscles and more muscles.
He's showing them off for everyone in the November issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, where he represents Georgia in the 2010 Bachelor of the Year contest.
Montgomery, who grew up in Tyrone, told the AJC he didn't think much of it when a high school friend told him she planned to enter him in the contest. The phone call from the magazine in the spring came as a surprise, he said.
"I had forgotten about it," Montgomery said.
This week, he's in New York City along with the other bachelors of the year as the magazine officially unveils the annual issue and announces a winner. Bachelors are expected to appear Tuesday on "The Today Show," and "Entertainment Tonight" will also be featuring the guys this week, Montgomery said.
The young men hitting the Big Apple this week hail from all 50 states and have one thing in common. They're all single.
Montgomery says he's never been in a rush to settle down and just hasn't met "the" one.
“My main goal was to make sure I had a solid foundation work-wise before I started a family," Montgomery said.
After graduating from Georgia State, Montgomery began his career as an analyst for a real estate company. Between working, hanging out with friends and working out, Montgomery says he hasn't had much time for dating.
But that may soon change after ladies check him out in Cosmo. He was quite the talk around the office when his co-workers saw his magazine photo, and he took some friendly teasing from his male colleagues.
“I’m just looking for THE one," Montgomery said. "Now that I’m getting older, I have to make more time to start dating."
From the looks of this guy, he shouldn't have any problems.
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