Valtteri Bottas has become nearly as renowned for his naked selfies as he has for his F1 racing, and he has now chosen to donate his world-famous backside to a good cause.
Bottas has created a calendar featuring 12 photographs of him baring his behind, with $8 from each sale benefiting the Australian charity Movember, which promotes men’s health issues such as the fight against prostate cancer.
It comes after the Finnish driver became famous for his naked escapades, first in a viral photograph of himself resting in an Aspen river and then in another shot of him meandering along a stream naked.
‘Last year, when I launched that one photo, in Aspen, it was quite popular, and we actually raised quite a bit of funds,’ Bottas told Speedcafe.
‘Because I do quite a bit of stuff with Ripke, we started to joke about an idea, imagining if there was a full calendar, so we decided ‘Let’s do it’, and for charity.
‘Since the launch a couple of days ago, we have raised about 50,000 euros and counting.
‘The aim is to get 100,000 euros, and it’s mainly for prostate cancer research, which I think is a good cause.’
Travis Garone and Luke Slattery, two Australian friends, founded Movember in 2003 with the playful goal of making moustaches trendy again, and convinced their friends to join them. They created a male-centric project after being inspired by a friend’s mother who was interested in breast cancer fundraising. They tied the mustache to the famous pink ribbon.
Bottas’ calendar will collect revenue for Movember, which raises finances and awareness for men’s health challenges.
Travis Garone and Luke Slattery founded Movember in Australia, and it has now grown into a big worldwide phenomenon.In 2005, the campaign really took off. The team got bigger, and they kicked off a campaign called ‘Give Prostate Cancer a Kick in the A***.’ Thousands of people joined part, including a team of 9,315 men known as the Mo Bros, earning $1.2 million for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
Even more individuals got interested in 2007. There were 134,171 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain in attendance. They raised $21.5 million and increased awareness about men’s health challenges.
People from all over the globe, both Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, have been a part of the worldwide movement since then.GQ Australia magazine named them the Social Force of the Year, and since 2003, 4,027,688 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas have participated in, generating $661 million and supporting over 770 men’s health programs.Bottas is also participating in Movember and has said that the cause has affected him personally. 
‘Movember is focusing on that quite a lot, and I know some people, close people, who have had some issues with that kind of thing,’ he said.
‘I think with men as well, like Movember, focusing on men’s health, many people are quite afraid of speaking about those kinds of things.
‘So I went all out, showing myself, trying to set an example. It’s a human body, you don’t need to be shy.’
