{"id":54141,"date":"2016-12-09T01:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/?p=54141"},"modified":"2016-12-09T01:07:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T06:07:00","slug":"william-los","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/modeloftheweek\/54141","title":{"rendered":"William Los"},"content":{"rendered":"

William was shot exclusively for MODELS.com by Roxanne Hartridge<\/a>, with styling by Sara Bascu\u00f1an<\/a>, and grooming by Alicia Campbell at See Management. Interview by Jonathan Shia<\/a>. Digitals courtesy Tara Lanoway at Wilhelmina.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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interview<\/h2>\n

Name:<\/strong>
\nWilliam Los<\/a><\/p>\n

Agency:<\/strong>
\nWilhelmina New York (New York)<\/a><\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong>
\n22<\/p>\n

Height:<\/strong>
\n6’2″<\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong>
\n@williamtlos<\/a><\/p>\n

Place of Origin:<\/strong>
\nRotterdam, the Netherlands<\/p>\n

Ethnic Origin:<\/strong>
\nMy mom is from the Antilles, she\u2019s from Cura\u00e7ao. And my dad\u2019s 100% Dutch.<\/p>\n

Birthsign:<\/strong>
\nGemini<\/p>\n

How discovered:<\/strong>
\nI was scouted a few times and after saying no two times, I wanted to give it a shot. So I went to Max Models myself and then it started off. My sister was always pushing me towards modeling. From age 13 already, she was like, \u201cYeah, you should try, you should give it a shot, send some photos,\u201d and then all of a sudden someone on the street comes up to you like, \u201cHey, do you want to be a model?\u201d The first time, I was like, \u201cNo, what the hell?\u201d and then the second time, I was considering it and I still said no, but I sort of looked into it and that\u2019s how it went.<\/p>\n

Favorite things:<\/strong>
\nI love hanging out, especially here in New York\u2014chilling on the roofs with all the other models. Especially when you\u2019re in the model apartment, you go up in the evening, have a beer or have a drink, and just relax, have a good talk. I love working out. With modeling, you have to, but I love to do it. And watching television and playing video games.<\/p>\n

What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong>
\nRight now, obviously techno because I\u2019m from the Netherlands, but I also listen to singer- songwriters a lot, like alternative music. It calms you down a bit like the techno pumps you up. My favorite artists are Benjamin Francis Leftwich, he\u2019s a singer songwriter, he\u2019s really good; and Chet Faker, I\u2019ve been to see him like two times.<\/p>\n

Favorite movie, tv show:<\/strong>
\nThe Green Mile, that\u2019s one of the best movies I think there is. It gets me every time. I love Suits, that\u2019s amazing. Narcos is off the charts.<\/p>\n

Favorite designer, fragrance or beauty product:<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a tricky one. I\u2019m not that into fashion, but I would say from the last New York Fashion Week, Cadet because the outfit I wore was off the charts. I liked that a lot and all the designs were really cool.<\/p>\n

What were you doing before you started modeling?<\/strong>
\nI finished school in 2010 and after that I started working full time as a sales manager. I did that for almost a year and then the scouting started, so then it was a bit woozy what I should do and what I wanted to do. After the scouting, I finally jumped into modeling and that\u2019s where it kicked off.<\/p>\n

What would you be doing if you weren’t modeling?<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a tricky one. I think I would go back to school actually. After a year working full time, I was like, \u201cThis is not what I want right now,\u201d so I was thinking about going back to school or getting another job and I went to modeling of course. I would want to be a personal trainer. I hope to model for a long time of course, but if I can be a personal trainer for models, if I can get a good network here or in the Netherlands or somewhere in Europe, I would be training models.<\/p>\n

What’s something uncool that you love anyway?<\/strong>
\nI would say playing Pokemon. Everyone\u2019s playing it, but a lot of people think it\u2019s stupid, but it\u2019s from my time and it\u2019s my childhood memory.<\/p>\n

Favorite modeling experience so far?<\/strong>
\nMy favorite modeling experience so far is traveling to New York and staying here because I met so many new people, so many chill people. A lot of the best photographers are here. Everything\u2019s better I think. New York is expensive, but it\u2019s still really good.<\/p>\n

What’s the best thing about your hometown\/country?<\/strong>
\nThere is none! My hometown is a small town with 45,000 people in it and we had like three bars but they all went away. One burned down, the other one got closed down because it was close to a train track, and the other one sucks. The best thing about my hometown is that it\u2019s my home. My friends are there of course, and that\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

First modeling job:<\/strong>
\nMy first modeling job was G-Star e-commerce. The day after I signed, I had a casting for them and the day after the casting I had a job with them and the day after that I had a job with them and two days later I had a job with them. Since then I\u2019ve been kind of an in-house model so I went right into it.<\/p>\n

Which brand would you really love to model for?<\/strong>
\nI would really want to work for Calvin Klein. That\u2019s one of the clients I really want to work for. I did a small internal shoot for them, which was nice. So I got to know them a bit and I really hope that they use me some more.<\/p>\n

Place you would love to visit:<\/strong>
\nI would say the hometown of my mother in Cura\u00e7ao, Willemstad. I\u2019ve been there once when I was four, so I really want to go there. There are some discussions in my family that we\u2019re all going next year and I really hope that we are going and I really hope it\u2019s not during fashion week.<\/p>\n

Currently you’re obsessed with\/about:<\/strong>
\nMy obsession is tattoos, which is kind of a bad thing with modeling. I would not get in on my neck, my hands, or my face. I always ask for permission to get a tattoo because that\u2019s sort of in your contract. My first tattoo was \u201cCarpe Diem.\u201d I got that one because my dad was in the hospital and since then it\u2019s kind of our motto. My mom designed it so that\u2019s one of the more emotional tattoos that I have. If I didn\u2019t have to get permission, I would probably get a skull on my upper leg\u2014a big one, but one that you cannot see while wearing shorts. But sometimes you have to wear really short shorts, so it\u2019s kind of tricky. It\u2019s always tricky to get more tattoos. A line like I have on my arm is easy to Photoshop, but a lot of clients like it actually. I didn\u2019t think of that at first, but they like it. But if I didn\u2019t have any tattoos and I started modeling I wouldn\u2019t get any. There\u2019s so much demand for no tattoos right now and all the models I talk to want tattoos.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best piece of advice you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/strong>
\nStay true to yourself. Don\u2019t be an asshole. Be nice to everyone and try to be yourself as long as possible and that might help you on the way. I always say to my friends, if I get arrogant or become a dick, slap me, punch me in the face, because sometimes I need just a tap to get back to reality. I think all the models need to follow that advice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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