Half Trinidadian, Half Grenadian, entirely gorgeous Corey Baptiste is a relatively recent face in the world of male modelling. With his work starting out in early 2010, he has been shot into the limelight with campaigns such as Benetton and has had numerous shoots and runway events with DKNY over the past year and a half.
Baptiste’s perfect matte skin and his liquid dark chocolate eyes give him a certain edge for 2011’s white-dominated runways.
Montréal’s very own Rick Genest, affectionately known as ‘Zombie Boy’, hit the headlines in the past few years when he became one of the very few people in his home city to have their entire body tattooed.
Having previously worked in a freak show/circus just out of Montréal, he’s was as prepared as he could’ve been for what was about to happen. Following Thierry Mugler’s revamp by Nicola Formichetti, Genest was set to look the part in Mugler’s revolutionarily gloomy, gothic catwalks.
Pictured above with Lady Gaga herself, Genest is included in an entire scene in the video to Gaga’s phenomenal anthem ’Born this way’. Throughout he’s seen being intimate and caressing Mother Monster.
Genest has a bright future ahead of him with his extremely unique look that is destined to capture the eye of even the most traditional fashionista.
Born in ‘76, the slightly older than usual Tyson Ballou has become one of the world’s most sought after male models since his supremely early start in modelling at the age of 15, where he appeared in shows and magazines in Texas, America.
Ballou began his career with Ford Modelling Agency where he worked in New York which is said to have began the shaping of him into becoming one of the world’s most successful models. His latest shoot saw him alongside a horse in some editorial shots for GQ 日本.
Having worked for Armani, Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce & Gabbana and other worldwide names he has carved his way into becoming an influential model with a broad future for him to delve in to.
Canadian-born Noah Mills has become one of the models to sign after his late start in modelling at the age of twenty. Famously part of Willhellmina models, he has received considerable exposure to the fashion world after having been an asset to this company.
For those looking for a more exposed version of Mr Mills, head to the Sex and the City 2 film for an all access view of his naughtiness; not only reknowned for as a model, he played the part of Samantha Jones’ love interest throughout the film.
For more nude shots of this to-die-for model head to the D&G fragrance catalogue and have a peek at his ‘Anthology Campaign’ of 2009. A now 28 year-old Noah heads Lacoste’s ‘Unconventional Chic’ campaign in which he wears the iconic white tee.
Andrej Pejic was working as a till assistant at a McDonalds in Australia whilst he was 16, when he was spotted by a model agency looking for new and upcoming talent. He wasn’t sure at first whether the agent thought he was a woman or not.
Since his discovery in Melbourne in 2010, Andrej Pejic has demanded a crowd of the insanely different, androgyny loving fashionistas looking for that edge on their catwalk. With a Serbian Mother and a Croatian Father, 19 year old Andrej has experimented around his race through his gender since and early age, looking to blend the barriers between each sex.
One of his most notable acheivements must be the fact that he walked for both the male and female catwalks in 2011 for Jean-Paul Gaultier and also just the mens department for Marc, by Marc Jacobs.
This fantastic new model has been a breakthrough for the fashion world having been the only man in history to have worn male and female inclined clothing down the catwalk. He is definitely recommended as a model to keep up with.
