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Garrett Neff
Born (1984-04-12) April 12, 1984 (age 40)
Modeling information
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)[1]
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorHazel
AgencyWilhelmina Models, New York City
Why Not Model Agency, Milan
Success Models, Paris
Sight Models, Barcelona

Garrett Neff (born April 12, 1984) is an American male model from Wilmington, Delaware. He is probably best known for his work with Calvin Klein, which included being the face of the Calvin Klein Man fragrance.[2]

He is currently the 36th most successful male model in the world on models.com list of the Top 50 Male Models as of August 2010.[3][4] He has been ranked as high as No.2. In 2009, he was ranked No.5 by Forbes publications on their list of the most successful male models of 2009.[5]

Early life

Neff was born in Wilmington, Delaware to Deborah and Wheeler Neff. He has one sister, an attorney, and several successful cousins (Chris and Ian Hawley and David and Braden Neff, both from Wilmington, DE.) He attended Wilmington Friends School where he played both tennis and soccor for four years. He played first singles for three years and was captain his senior year. He played soccer on a traveling team, as well as for Wilmington Friends School for four years. He made First Team All State in soccer his senior year. He played on the Division I Bucknell University tennis team, from where he graduated with a degree in Business Management.

Career

Neff was discovered at Miami International Airport in 2005 during a trip to Barbados by a scouting agent from Click Model Management and began modeling shortly after being scouted.[6] During 2006, Garrett worked brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Benetton, and Lagerfeld. He has also appeared in publications such as GQ, V Man, French Vogue and L'Officiel Hommes. He has recently appeared in campaigns for Blanco, Massimo Dutti, Trussardi, Nordstrom and Americana Manhasset. He has also worked with photographers such as Milan Vukmirovic and Bruce Weber. He appeared in the October 14, 2010 episode of "30 Rock" as "Young Jack." During November 2010, Garrett switched from his original agency Click Model Management to Wilhelmina Models, and from d'Men to Why Not Model Agency. He was also signed to Success Models in Paris, and Sight Model Management in Barcelona

References

  1. ^ 07:51 PM. "Modelhommes Forum". Modelhommes.com. Retrieved 2010-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Garrett Neff - pictures, picture, pics, images, gallery, info, bio, gossip, shirtless, photos, videos, band, lyrics, songs". Mostbeautifulman.com. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  3. ^ "MODELS.com's 50 Top Male Models - 10-6". Models.com. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  4. ^ "Garrett Neff - Model - detail by year". Models.com. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  5. ^ Erin Gell (2009-06-26). "In Pictures: The Most Successful Male Models - No. 5: Garrett Neff". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  6. ^ “”. "Model Garrett Neff Interview with MyFashionPlate.com". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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