Personal Life
Carter models for Jockey underwear on billboards worldwide. His girlfriend (now wife), Honor Dillon joined him in one campaign in 2009.
In 2004 and 2005, Carter was voted sexiest New Zealand male in a survey, receiving 35.7% of the vote in 2005.
In November 2006, he released his book Dan Carter: Skills & Performance. It included stories about his relatively brief international rugby career as well as section on skills for younger players.
In 2008 American Cable Channel E! Entertainment judged Carter to be 11th on their list of Sexiest Men in The World. In 2010, E! voted Carter the 3rd sexiest male athlete in the World.
Carter was the first person in the world to purchase a PC shipped with Windows Vista. In addition to Jockey, Carter also is a spokesmodel for Daikin heat pumps, and from mid 2011, Philips electric shavers.
In October 2010, he got engaged to his longtime girlfriend and former Black Sticks striker Honor Dillon, now a brand manager. They were married on 9 December 2011. Among the guests were some of the All Blacks squad and staff including captain Richie McCaw and former All Blacks coach Graham Henry.
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