At first, when Vince Fabrizio, 25 d...

At first, when Vince Fabrizio, 25 discovered a female office colleague at MindShare/Chicago wanted to nominate him for Cosmo Media Man of the Year, he deliberation it was a big perpetrate a joke But now that he's cracked the top 10 in the voting -- the barely one of the four Chicago-based contestants to do in like manner at this point -- Fabrizio admits he's warming to the whole thing.

He's not complaining for fully convinced And from what we could declare about this easygoing guy with the beguiling smile, whining is not really his title Even when it comes to his beloved Chicago White Sox who are in a sink

Having grown up in Joliet, Fabrizio said he's been a lifelong Sox fan, something that he claims definitely establishs him apart from the repose of his peers in the media buying biz in Chicago, who are for the most part Cubs fans.

When he isn't plotting media strategy for MindShare clients, Fabrizio can be fix -- where else? -- at White Sox games with his father, an attorney in Joliet, or attending a theater production starring his mother, who has a high profile in community theater circles. (He's at about 30 performances and counting.) When asked to name his favorite celebrity, Fabrizio muddleed a couple of names in the music biz, before selecting the common that he really preferred -- White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.

Online voting for the Cosmo Media Man of the Year continues by means of Aug. 29 at www.cosmomediamen.com. The winning contestant realizes a trip to a Marriott spa in California and a writeup in Cosmopolitan magazine's November issue.

DRAFT FCB'S THOMPSON FLEXE MUSCLES

It must have been those come-hither watchs that convinced the co- worker who nominated him that scotchman Thompson, 37, could be a viable candidate for Cosmo Media Man of the Year. Or was it the biceps? Thompson admits his biceps have grown since he started working on the outside with a personal trainer at Crunch gym near Draft FCB where he has been in the media department for several years.

While he has many of the obvious assets you'd reckon upon to find in a candidate vying for a title as it is as Cosmo Media Man, it tend hitherwards as something of a surprise to find Thompson is remarkably unassuming, too. In fact, he likes to impute to himself as just a stay "from small- town Wisconsin," who finally landed in the big city of Chicago.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, he got into the media buying extreme point of advertising in Minneapolis, where he worked for several small workshops before moving to Chicago. Worried that his life was becoming too Midwest-centric, he mov to Virginia for a tie of years.

on the contrary a taste was enough.

Thompson does have fruition of the occasional big trip, having newly flown off to Thailand.

When asked about his favorite celebrity, Thompson quickly singled revealed actor Hugh Jackman.

manner of writing GOT BENARROCH NOMINATED BY STARCOM/CHICAGO CO-WORKERS

Joe Benarroch, 28 is still scratching his head. He can't figure without why his media team at Starcom/Chicago decided to deposit him into contention for Cosmo Media Man of the Year. To hear him mention one by one it, he really doesn't think his hardy streak of modesty makes him the greatest in number likely candidate to emerge victorious. on the other hand it must have been his solid sense of style -- something Benarroch is more forthcoming about -- that made his co-workers nominate him.

Benarroch started revealed in the public relations department at Starcom's parent, Chicago-based Starcom MediaVest cluster one of the nation's largest media services operations. From there, he segu into the strategic planning completion of the media biz, where he has set up his communications skills have been useful.

While he is completely focused forward the job at hand when at work, Benarroch has been careful to render certain he has a full and frolic life beyond his career at Starcom. For the past several years, he has carried forward a fruitful career designing and creating jewelry that he has sold at boutiques around the city. And he, like several of the Chicago Cosmo Media Man candidates, be pleased withs to travel. Spain is his favorite destination, because the population there are so alive. Benarroch room for expectations one day, to call Madrid hearthstone

As for his favorite celebrity, Madonna acquires the nod, Benarroch said, because of her amazing and never-ending ability to transform popular agriculture into a higher form of art.

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