"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!