A celebration of Movember

Tom Selleck rocked a respectable mo in 'Magnum PI'.

It's the month every woman loves to hate, and every hairy bloke loves. Movember. A whole month of celebration of upper lip facial hair in the name of a good cause.

Movember, for those who aren't aware of this recent phenomenon, is a moustache growing competition that runs for the duration of November.

Participants get friends to sponsor them to raise cash and awareness of men's health issues like prostate cancer. The money raised this year will be donated to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.

To celebrate the start of Movember, we've put together a gallery of well known figures who sport 'staches to inspire you.

* If you'd like to join in, you can register for Movember here.

* If you or someone you know are growing a mo, send us your before, during and after pics, for our gallery.

* Check nzherald.co.nz over the month of November for progress photo galleries and a blog from Herald staffer Alex Robertson on his Movember experience.