Marlon Teixeira
Marlon Teixeira ( born September 16, 1991, Balneario Camboriu, Santa Catarina ) is a Brazilian model.
Life
Teixeira was born in Brazil. He is Portuguese, Brazilian- Indian and Japanese origin. In fashion blogs, fashion magazines and various community contributions is often the entry to see: " He is half Portuguese, as well as a quarter Indian / Native American (Indian) and Japanese. "
Teixeira began professional modeling at the age of 16 years. According to his own statements, he was 17 years old when he began to work as a model. He was discovered, his own statements According to Anderson Baumgartner, owner of the modeling agency Way Model Management, one of the major modeling agencies in Brazil. First entries for modeling agencies dating from the year 2008. Followed Model recordings, including the magazines L' Officiel Hommes, Hercules, GQ, Vanity Fair and W Magazine. He collaborated among others with photographers such as Terry Richardson, and Mert & Marcus ( Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott ). In the 2008 autumn / winter season he was modeling, among others, for the Spanish fashion company Custo Barcelona and Armani Jeans.
In spring 2009, he was selected by the Belgian fashion designer Kris Van Assche for Dior Homme as a model. 2009 was at the same time Marlon Teixeira's international breakthrough when he subsequently by Karl Lagerfeld for Dior Homme Spring / Summer Campaign was photographed in 2009.
He modeled in many campaigns, including for Dior, Diesel, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, American Eagle and Iceberg.
As a model, he was regularly at Milan Fashion Week, so in the fall of 2010 for Iceberg and Giorgio Armani and the spring of 2011 for Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani. In the fall of 2011, he runs there again for Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani and iceberg and for Salvatore Ferragamo. In the Paris Fashion Week, he ran among others for Louis Vitton and Jean -Paul Gaultier (each spring 2011); in the fall of 2011 he remodeled there for the French fashion house Hermès. 2011 he was the cover model of the British Fiasco magazine.
The website Models.com, one of the models, photographers, agents and companies in the fashion industry communal professional online platform and networking community, Teixeira lists among the top 50 Male Models of the international fashion scene. Teixeira is currently (May 2013) in 19th place in the ranking.
When Teixeira's trademark is considered to be " bronzed, athletic body." In an interview, Teixeira said he favored private favorite jeans, T -shirt and leather jacket, on the beach just shorts and flip -flops.
Teixeira lives currently (as of September 2011) in New York City.