Spring Has Sprung With This New Crop of New Faces
Anton
Who:
Anton William Heitzig; 185 cm / 6’1″; German from Hamburg, Germany; born March 22nd.
Where:
SPIN Model Management (Hamburg – mother agency), Independent Model Management (Milan), Linden Staub (London), Elite Copenhagen
— Your most embarrassing moment:
Once I came out of the shower and only had a towel around my hips, then a friend of my mother came and asked me if I could help him to carry some boxes. So I helped him with the boxes and my towel fell down and I could not grab it, so I was standing there naked with a couple of people around… awkward
— Who is your favorite entertainer?
My favorite actor is Ty Burrell in the role of Phil in Modern Family. I like him a lot because he is really funny and plays his role as a grown-up child and father perfectly and you believe everything he does and says!
— What are three interesting facts about you?
1. I used to play football for 10 years.
2. When I was younger I was chubby.
3. I went to kindergarten in Newport Beach, California.
Josca
Who:
Josca; 178 cm / 5’10”; American from Brooklyn, New York; born June 24th.
Where:
STATE Management (New York – mother agency), STATE Management (Los Angeles – mother agency)
— What is something you wish you knew more about?
Graphic design. It’s so beautiful and satisfying to me. But I feel that it can be so technical sometimes, to the point where I always have trouble finding where to start.
— Who is someone you admire and why?
I really admire Jenifer Lewis. I’ve watched her in many television shows and movies (she’s currently carrying the show Blackish on her back right now) but her autobiography, “The Mother of Black Hollywood”, has really won me over completely. I went to NYU for acting and the comedian in me is absolutely drawn to her drive, sass, humor, and confidence.
— One thing people may be surprised to find out about you:
I was homeschooled for the majority of elementary school and all of middle school. I used to be PAINFULLY shy. That shocks a lot of people because now I’m so bubbly and hilarious.
Jialong
Who:
Jialong Tang; 190 cm / 6’3″; Chinese from Changsha, China; born April 23rd.
Where:
Tiffany Models (mother agency), Elite Milan
— Who is your favorite entertainer?
Keanu Reeves is my favorite actor. Not only because of his handsomeness and great acting but also because of his good personality and attitude towards life. What impresses me most is that Keanu Reeves was once asked: what do you think will happen after we die? He replied, “I know those who love us will miss us.” In another TV show, he said a more touching sentence: “I don’t want to live in a world where kindness is regarded as a weakness.”
— Among your friends or family, what are you famous for?
I am the tallest of my friends and family so I’m very famous for my height. Another one is that I’m very friendly so everyone likes to share their stories with me.
— How and when did you become a model?
When I was 8 years old I watched a TV show and I was shocked by all the shining models. After that, I dreamed of becoming a model. When I was in high school my height was 188cm already. Three months ago, Tiffany Models came to my university to scout and we had a great conversation, so I’m one of the Tiffany Models now.
Solène
Who:
Solène Pascaud; 175 cm / 5’9″; French from Toulouse, France; born April 17th.
Where:
Phoenix Model Management (mother agency)
— Who is someone you admire and why?
I admire my mother because she had a disability at a very young age which ruined her life. And what I found incredible is that despite everything she has managed to do very well and succeed in her life by building a family of 3 children and also managing an engineering job alongside. For that, she had to show courage and perseverance, and that is why I admire her and her career.
— Among your friends or family, what are you famous for?
My family and my friends know me very well for one thing: dance and especially the party. If there is a party organized, everyone knows that I will dance from the start to the end of the party without ever getting tired and without touching alcohol. I think dancing at a party is like addicting for me because it allows me to let off steam and gives me a lot of pleasure.
— One thing people may be surprised to find out about you?
In general what surprises people the most about me is my origins because, being mixed-race, there is often confusion about my origins. For example, people may think that I am Arab or I am from South America. This can sometimes lead to funny situations. For example, when my sister and I go out in town with our father, the vendors or the waiters always believe that he is not our father and that we are from different families because we don’t look alike at all.
Tetsu
Who:
Tetsu Chauvaux; 185 cm / 6’1″; Japanese from Hamamatsu City, Japan; born April 30th.
Where:
Bravo Models (Tokyo), esee model management (Shanghai)
— The most interesting thing about your family?
I was born to my Japanese mother from Kagoshima and Belgian father in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, which was a totally new land for my parents and they raised me there. I am the only child and have a feeling that I will follow the path just like my dad when I have my own family and a child in the future.
— Who is your favorite entertainer?
I have many, but if I were to choose one then Takeshi Kitano is that one. I am a huge fan of him. I really love him as a comedian, a film director and an actor. I believe he is really pure, kind, and really frank and his personality is really reflected in all of his works and productions.
— How and when did you become a model?
In the Spring of 2018, I decided to drop out of university and I thought of modeling, which I was really interested in. I applied to BRAVO models and got accepted.
Stella
Who:
Stella Ripper; 182 cm / 5’11.5″; Spanish from Gran Canaria, Spain; born May 29th.
Where:
Pop House (Las Palmas de G.C. – mother agency), Select Model Management Paris, Why Not Model Management (Milan), View Management (Barcelona)
— What is something you wish you knew more about?
I would love to know more about playing chess. I know how to play it but not very well, just the basic things. My desire to know more about chess comes because recently I’ve seen a series that was about a girl that played chess, and I found it fascinating. I think chess might seem like an easy game where people just move pieces without logic, just so that the other player doesn’t eat your piece. But it goes much further, the good players think about what the other player can do during the entire game, and after the game, they repeat it many times to see what could have happened if they would have moved a different piece. In the future, I would like to learn more about chess and the different movements that exist.
— Among your friends or family, what are you famous for?
Among my friends I’m famous because of singing, they call me “the singer”. I’m singing all day: when I do my homework, when I go out with friends, when I take showers, and in conclusion, always. The truth is that I sing horribly, but I have so much fun and I feel so happy, and for me, that’s the most important thing.
— The best and worst aspects of your personality:
In my opinion, a really good thing about myself is that I fight for my dreams, and I don’t stop until they come true. However, this makes me be a person that when I think something, it’s really difficult to make me change my mind. Perhaps I know that the other person is right, but for me, it’s really difficult to say “oh, he’s right”.
