 6'2"
(1.87m) Andrés
Velencoso Segura (born March 1978 )
is a Spanish male model, He is best known for ad campaigns such as
Chanel Allure Homme, Sport fragrance and Louis Vuitton campaign with
J-Lo in 2003. In June 2009, Velencoso was ranked No. 6 in MODELS.com's "Top Icons Men", alongside male models Mathias Lauridsen,
Tyson Ballou and Mark Vanderloo and currently he ranks No. 16 on
Top 25 list "The Money Guys" following his compatriots Oriol Elcacho and
Jon Kortajarena.
Velencoso started his modeling career after he finished high school,
signing a contract with Group Model Management, a Spanish modeling
agency. But the beginning of his career was filled with rejections, a
buzzed haircut and a muscular body did not seem to be the ideal image
that the European market demands. When Velencoso went to Milan, almost
every agent thought that he was too big and goofy. His fortunes changed
when Natalie Kates, an agent from New York City-based Q Model Management
opened the door for him in 2010, despite his inability to speak English. Kates started him off fresh with four new polariods in his book and sent
him to meet people. One of the people was photographer Matt Albiani, who
loved Andres for an editorial that he was working on. The next day
Andres found himself on the set of a shoot in East Hampton, New York.
After just a few days in the city, he caught the eyes of some of the
industry's most famous photographers, including Michael Thompson and
Francois Nars. In 2002 he booked the Banana Republic spring ad
campaign and a year later stars in the Louis Vuitton ad campaign,
alongside Jennifer Lopez. He signed a fragrance contract with Chanel
Allure Homme Sport and became the face of Loewe in 2004. Landed his
first magazine cover for Arena Homme + for the winter 2005 edition and
appeared in the Jean Paul Gaultier ad campaign, with Gisele Bündchen and
Diana Dondoe.
Velencoso has been on the covers of many top fashion magazines
including L'Officiel Hommes, Hercules, Arena Homme +, and international
editions of Elle, Vanity Fair and L'Officiel Hommes. Since his debut, he
has been the face of many advertising campaigns including Banana
Republic, Louis Vuitton, H&M, Trussardi, Chanel, Ermenegildo Zegna,
Loewe, Jean Paul Gaultier, Elie Tahari and Etro. Apart from Thompson and
Nars, he has worked with acclaimed photographers such as Terry
Richardson, Karl Lagerfeld, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
He is signed with Wilhelmina in New York, MGM in Paris, 2pm Model
Management in Copenhagen, I LOVE Models in Milan and Donna Models in
Tokyo. He was featured in Kylie Minogue's new frangrance 'Inverse'
was in the official print campaign and TV ad. Velencoso received the 'Tossenc
D'Honor' award in his home town Tossa de Mar on May 4, 2010 in Girona,
Spain.
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