Famed model Fabio becomes handsome, golden-haired US citizen

FILE--They came for his biceps. Fabio, shown in this file Feb. 26, 1993 file photo, hopes they•ll buy his books. FabioÃ•s book, 'Dangerous,Ã is published by Pinnacle Books and is the sixth story under his name.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 28: Model Fabio poses at Old Spice's "Manly Man" event at The Grove on July 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
Actor and Model Fabio arrives in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, for the premiere of "My 5 Wives", a comedy where he plays the best man for groom Rodney Dangerfield.
Heather Westenhofer's Fabio poster, circa 1993, worn out and adorned with lipstick kisses, is autographed by the man himself Saturday at Whole Foods in Huntington Beach.

By Orange County Register | Orange County Register

March 17, 2016 at 10:24 a.m.

To a résumé that includes romance-novel cover model and dashing beefcake actor, Fabio can now add U.S. citizen.

Fabio, real name Fabio Lanzoni, the long-locked blonde Italian who became a cultural phenomenon in the 1990s, became a naturalized American citizen on Wednesday.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a statement that Fabio was one of more than 6,000 people from more than 140 countries who took the Oath of Allegiance together at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Fabio said in the statement that it is one of the happiest days of his life and that United States is the greatest country on Earth.

The 57-year-old appeared on the cover of countless romance novels and parlayed his popularity into appearances in many movies, TV shows and commercials.