It's not surprising that tall and muscular Duhamel initially dreamed of becoming an athlete, but when his sports aspirations didn't work out, this handsome college dropout turned to modeling. He transitioned to acting with a four-year stint as a charming conman on the soap All My Children, a role that earned him a Daytime Emmy award, then jumped to prime time on Las Vegas in 2003. Over the next several years, Duhamel's personal life thrived as well: in 2004, he began dating Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, finally earned his bachelor's degree in 2005, and at the end of 2007, popped the question to Fergie.