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Layne Christensen

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Linda: and . Christy.

Make “way: for
“Donovan, Cameron.
~ Chris.

“Today's supermodels a are putting
fresh, make that freshly shaven,
* face ‘forward. Even the oft-used
term, “supermodel” is on its’ way
out, according to fashion-biz insid-
ers“ like Sam Doerfler -of Ford
© Models in New York,’

“T hate that term.” he says over
the phone from New York. Doerfler
is’ a. “booker,”

_ Frise of the male model. °

Muscling in on supermodeldom ;

are guys like Donovan Leitch; a
*“ minway favorite; Cameron (he goes
by. first. name only); Madonna's

boytoy .in her Express: Yourself
video and a regular in international :
‘fashion mags; and Tony Bruce,’

Calvin Klein's current pinup boy.
“In/an industry where the women

make more’ money: than the men fe

d_ the big players don’ t wake uP.

and.

or. model's agent. ©
* What he’s seeing :as'a ‘trend is the :

for less than $15,000 a day.

‘Doerfler sees big changes ahead,

t's no longer the female super-
models who are exclusively grab-
bing the media attention and mega-
piycheques, “guys are reaching
that level now.”

Guys like Chris Brown, He
hopes. anyways.

- The West Vancouver Secondary
grad signed on with Ford in June
after he was “discovered” at a mod-
elling convention in’ Seattle in
April.

Brown hadn't planned on going
but a fraternity brother (Brown, on
hiatus from UBC. is a Phi Gamma
Delta) wanted to try out for the pre-
liminaries. hetd locally, and needed
a ride. His friend didn’t qualify. He
did.

‘So Brown went to Scatile ona
lark, paid the $2

There were over 700 female and
200 male model wannabes, he fig-
ures, -

Though it. wasn't
scene — “It was like a dog show —

mothers poofing their daughters’.
‘ —. the 20-year-old played|
along. When it was his turn to walk

hair.”

the runway, he started laughing. He
had hat head. He didn’t know how
to pose.

“SE swear, |
wrong.” Still, he was a big’ hit:

Afterwards, while doing the round |
of :agency bocths, he held up the *

line. While others had professional
pictures,: Brown had.:a;couple of

snapshots: one shot takenon the?
beach in South Carolina, and anoth- .

erat a frat formal.’

‘He got 15 _call- backs. There’

‘See Brown page 14, o matter-of-fact response to this last request by his New York agent, Sam Doerfier of Ford Modeis, oe

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Sunday, August 20, 1995 ~ North Shore News -13

x ON A recent trip to New York, West Vancouver resident Chris Brown, 20, was introduced to the.
high-pressure world of modelling — signing with a big-name agency, getting groomed, testing

with fashion photographers and choosing a name for himseif. ‘How ‘bout Chris Brown,” was his:. .

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