Wilson Bethel gives his shirt for a good cause

Former Y&R hunk Wilson Bethel has shed his daytime bad boy image (and his shirt) to show he is not above raising awareness for climate change. In fact, the stud, currently starring on The CW's "Hart of Dixie," took to the airwaves in a PSA about the television network's gracious efforts to be more eco-friendly by eliminating "wasteful wardrobe" and spreading the message that true environmental change will only happen when everyone addresses the problem head-on...and shirt-off!

Check out the PSA for yourself and don't forget to Give a Shirt!

Who would YOU nominate for the 13th Annual Soaphunks.net Awards?

Nominations for the 13th Annual Soaphunks.net Awards will be announced on November 16, 2011. But before they are, here's your annual chance to get in our heads prior to my deciding who's in and who's out. Unlike Adonis, the summertime contest here at soaphunks.net that often boils down to a popularity contest among rabid fanbases, the nominees for the annual Soaphunks.net Awards are personally decided by the editors of soaphunks.net. We try our best to base the nominations on actual displayed hunkiness in 2011..NOT general hotness. You can review the past 12 years of nominees and winners here.

We try to be as fair as possible and nominate without regard to anything other than qualifications in 2011. But we're human, so it's possible we could miss someone who is worthy. Therefore, we turn to soaphunks.net fans and ask them to submit suggestions for who should--and shouldn't--make this year's list of nominees.
We're truly interested in hearing what you guys are thinking in each of the categories. Feel free to e-mail us with suggestions of whom you feel is a must-have in a certain category...or someone who had better not be there. Please remember that we are looking for thoughtful suggestions across all soaps and multiple soap hunks, so any submissions we receive that say "So-and-so should be in every category" will be ignored.

The same 16 categories will be up-for-grabs this year, and should reflect hunkiness for 2011 only. Don't suggest someone who was a great hunk in 1999 but now, well, isn't. Feel free to review the caps from the entire year on each actor's page on soaphunks.net, as we often use site caps as evidence of worthiness in each category.

Please note: AMC may have been cancelled, but since it aired for more than half of the calendar year, it and its male stars are eligible.

Here's a quick cheat sheet for all the categories:

• Best Hunk: The top award. In order to make it in this category, a nominee must have had noticeable shirtlessness on their soap in 2011. This person needed to have multiple, plentiful shirtless scenes in 2011. We'll have to fill up a two-minute "For Your Consideration" clip for each guy with various shirtless video footage. Will your suggestion meet that requirement?
• Hunkiest Soap: Tell us what soap you think had both the widest array of hunks in the cast, and/or what soap had the most shirtlessness per capita in 2011.
• Best Hunk Over 40: You can consult the site's actor pages for many birthdates. As long as he turns 40 before November 16, he's eligible. Some guys are over 40 that you don't realize!
• Most Missed Soap Hunk: Which former soap hunk would you most like to see return to daytime? They can be recent exits, or long-ago departures. Here, we tend to gravitate towards nominating guys who have achieved success in some other arena during 2011, such as a primetime show or movie, but not always.
• Hunkiest Newcomer: Which newbies caught your eye in 2011? To be eligible, freshmen had to have their first major appearance in 2011, or perhaps the very end of 2010. (We'd also like to hear whether you think OLTL's 16-year-old Andrew Trischitta is too young to include in this category.)
• Most Shamefully Clothed: We know he has a great body under all those clothes, but his soap never proves it! Permanently stuck in their shirts throughout 2011, the Most Shamefully Clothed nominees could have saved their shows a fortune in wardrobe costs.
• Best Torso: Best Torso refers to "everything on the front," from the neck to the waist.
• Best Pecs: Manboobs alone.
• Best Abs: Always a competitive category, Best Abs contenders are pretty easy to spot...just look at his stomach. If you can easily count to six, he's a keeper.
• Best Butt: To successfully evaluate a fine derriere, one must have proper evidence. We are especially picky in the Best Butt category that we have pic/vid evidence to back up the nominations.
• Best Arms: Bulging biceps get them in every time.
• Best Voice: Whose voice alone makes you melt? Not necessarily reserved for guys with accents, but those are often hard to top. We will pay particular attention to American suggestions here, though.
• Best Face/Best Eyes/Best Smile/Best Hair: These should be pretty self-explanatory.

We look forward to hearing everyone's suggestions. Submit them by October 16, 2011 to make sure they get considered, and thanks!