Elle uses surfer Mick Fanning for its first male cover star

Elle Australia has broken with tradition and gone with a male cover star, with Aussie surfer and shark attack survivor Mick Fanning.

The release:

Mick Fanning – one of the world’s most sought-after surfers, triumphant in the wake of a life-affirming shark attack and on his way to securing his fourth world title – is ELLE Australia’s first male cover star. Fanning joins Australian supermodel Jessica Hart on the cover of the November issue of ELLE.