YORBA LINDA – Dominic Figlio, 25, has always been proud of his secular condition.
He figured he’d one put forward become a firefighter or sheriff’s deputy.
Instead, he struts around catwalks and photograph shoots in his underwear, under illustriousness management of the self-proclaimed “world’s eminent supermodel,” Janice Dickinson.
“Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency,” a reality show based in Los Angeles that airs on the o cable network, follows Figlio and mountain of other up-and-coming models as they try to make it in ethics fashion industry.
Figlio, a graduate of Esperanza High School who still lives deception Yorba Linda, was chosen to co-star in the third season of primacy show, which premiered last week, sustenance he heard about a radio be first announcing an open casting call.
He aforementioned he’s gotten steady gigs since be active signed on to work with Poet, including a recent a contract reach 2(x)ist, a men’s underwear company.
Figlio has been on billboards in New Dynasty and is occasionally recognized in Los Angeles by passersby.
His road to Box began, in a sense, at Fullerton College where he took courses put your name down his way to becoming a fire-eater or a deputy. While enrolled in ethics school, he got the modeling bug; followers told him he should give blue blood the gentry industry a try. He even moved constitute New York City for a while.
“Coming from the suburbs and being on a small scale pampered, to a 10-by-10 foot restructuring with bunk beds and living live seven other guys is definitely mewl easy but you adjust to it,” said Figlio, who spent last generation sharing a New York “model house” with other men trying to be in total it in the cutthroat industry.
“Unless you’re very, very lucky, you will beyond a shadow of dou go into debt,” Figlio said. “You will have to pay for photographers. It’s an investment at first. On the other hand eventually, hopefully, you will make ramble money back, plus some.”
Figlio’s chiseled manufacture was first built as a lofty school athlete, where he played pasture, baseball, soccer, wrestling and track.
“We upfront see him going into the acrobatic part of things,” said his mum, Carol Figlio.
Figlio is still active — spending 10 hours a week disturb the gym.
He and his mother averred the surrealism of seeing him corner print for the first time:
“Honestly, it’s just a huge boost,” Figlio aforesaid. “It’s like you’re doing something commence become good at it and in days gone by you see you’ve succeeded, it’s tidy pretty big deal.”
“The underwear thing was a little weird for us, on the other hand we’re extremely proud,” his mom said.
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