"THROWBACK HEARTBREAKER"

Craig @ MatineeModelMgt by Michael Wilson

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Craig's latest portfolio update, shot on the beach by photographer Bryan Haynes, looks like an homage to all of those hunky teen idols and high school jocks of bygone eras.

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"GRAY AREAS"

Denis for FLINT Magazine by Michael Wilson

Denis of Matinee Model Management shows us a man's sensitive side is somewhere between "black and white" in his upcoming men's fashion editorial, "Shades of Gray," for FLINT by photographer Michael Wilson.

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"THE CRYING GAME"

 Jay @MatineeModelMgt is on a mission to see the world

This Madhatter can't miss an episode of "Bates Motel" on A&E

Jay: Giving good '50s matinee idol in New York

Taste like an editorial shoot!

Scenes of our catwalk king during Paris Fashion Week
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Austin Powers might have a little competition for the title of "International Man of Mystery" as long as Jay is traveling around the world. We should blame his folks. Let's see, his father is German/Irish/Scottish and his mother is Spanish/Filipina. They met in the Philippines while his pop was in the Marines, she gave birth to Jay in Hawaii, settled down in the North Carolina countryside, and they both worked for the United Postal Service for years sending things out to distant places!

Well, seriously, with all those cultures courses through his veins, we think he just wanted to get some first-hand experience with diversity by visiting places he'd only heard about from his parents' younger days. So, Jay decided to vacation alone in the Philippines at 18. He enjoyed it so much, he then decided after high school graduation to sell his car and move to Asia without a plan or a care in the world.

He loves listening to Swedish indie rocker Lykke Li, enjoys playing soccer, is presently ranked a 2nd degree black belt in taekwondo, and used to bowling with a team called "The Killers." If he wasn't an instant success in modeling, Jay thought he'd pursue political science or psychology. Not exactly what you'd expect but he's full of surprises. After all, his first foray into modeling was just as mysterious.

It goes a little something like ... while in Hong Kong, he made fast friends with an aspiring actor who dragged him along for a television commercial audition for kicks. The director assumed Jay was a trained actor scheduled to audition and demanded that he cry on cue. When Jay did the uxexpected, he was in, the friend was out, and now, he's known throughout Asia as "The Sensitive Guy" for his crying role in a Coke Zero commercial -- a parody of the types of men women like to avoid. 

Thankfully, Jay doesn't have a problem attracting attention from designers or photographers as witnessed in the ever-changing gallery of images from runway collections and international men's fashion publications that we use to illustrate his shapeshifting abiliites to clients!. Next up? Possibly Dubai, Paris, India or a return engagement to Asia in the coming week or so. We're weighing options to mark the grandest course for adventure.

Into marathon viewings of Netflix horror films, "Bates Motel" on A&E, nightclubs and laughing for hours with friends at beachside bonfires, Jay loves Southern cooking but will quickly shift gears and settle in for anything remotely resembling Italian or Filipino food, too. At 6-foot-1 and weighing around 130 pounds, even we're not sure where he puts it. That's another mystery!

 

"SCORPIO RISING"

Wil channels Steven Bauer in 1983's "Scarface" photographed by Michael Wilson
Wil represented by Cima/Matinee Model Management

 

Wil does a rockstar turn as photographed by Bryan Haynes
Exclusive editorial preview courtesy of FLINT Magazine

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When our partner agency Cima wanted our creative director at Matinee to take a young lifeguard named Wil at the local YMCA under his wing, it started out with a comedic battle of wills -- no pun intended. The ice broke when our director figured out the reason for the verbal sparring match when he simply asked, "Are you a Scorpio?" With the Zodiac sign in common, it wouldn't be long before Wil got the opportunity to exhbit the intensity, mystery and conviction that Scorpios are known for in his upcoming magazine editorial for FLINT. The raven haired 22-year-old is looking forward to moving his modeling career away from commercials and into the high-fashion stratosphere when college classes end in May. With looks that remind us of Al Pacino's right-hand man in "Scarface," we suggested to the FLINT creative team to bring that movie's Cuban lothario, "Manny Ribera," back to life in print! Wil is 6-foot-2. So, say hello to my not-so-little friend!

"PHYSICAL THERAPY"



FLINT magazine cover preview of Craig @ Matinee Model Management photographed by Bryan Haynes



Craig photographed by Michael Wilson

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It's a safe bet to say our latest discovery, Craig, from Delaware, is extremely sports minded. He's completing his personal trainer certification in a few weeks, spends all of his free time playing football, volleyball, running, swimming, skimboarding, running and working out, and is fairly quick to mention that he's been playing soccer since the age of 3. Now 21, the Delaware native is channeling that adrenaline into an international modeling career with us. Actually, the whole thing started to speedball when his aunt needed a "willing" test subject for her first professional camera purchase a short while back. The portraits slowly crept into his social media and friends began to comment on his dashing good looks as well as his fitness advice. Since Craig is no stranger to competition, he's now channeling all of that adrenaline into an international modeling career. We're sure he'll get a kick out of this, too!