24housing's pin-up boy is Heat magazine's Torso of the Year winner

24housing magazine’s very own Steve Burton has won Heat’s Torso of the Year competition!

Steve had only been with the 24housing team a few weeks when colleague Annie Neesham spotted the competition in the best selling celebrity gossip magazine and suggested the 26-year-old from Birmingham enter.

Annie explained: “We already knew he had a chance after some topless pictures ‘accidentally’ circulated around the office!

“We took a picture of Steve – with 24housing magazine placed strategically in the background – and submitted it to Heat.”

Thanks to Annie’s PR campaign Steve sailed through the first round, got to the semis and through to the final, gaining quite a fan base in the process!

He is featured in Heat’s Christmas edition, which went on sale today.

24housing Editor Jane Gething-Lewis, said: “We’re all really pleased that Steve won, and feel that we had a part to play in his new-found fame, so we think we’re justified in claiming him as the 24housing pin-up!”

Steve said: “The girls at work entered me into the competition for a bit of fun on a Friday afternoon, so I never expected to have won, but I’m so pleased to have done so.

“It was an amazing feeling to have everybody so excited for me and I owe them a massive thank you for the votes – they even set up a Facebook group for me!”