{"id":55665,"date":"2017-03-20T01:57:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T05:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/?p=55665"},"modified":"2017-03-22T03:13:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T07:13:41","slug":"quintin-van-konkelenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/modeloftheweek\/55665","title":{"rendered":"Quintin van Konkelenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quintin was shot exclusively for MODELS.com by Danny Kasirye, with styling by Koen T. Hendriks<\/a>, and grooming by Nathan Rosenkranz<\/a> (Honey Artists<\/a>). Interview by Jonathan Shia<\/a>. Special thanks to Jordan Morris at Fusion Models.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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interview<\/h2>\n

Name:<\/strong>
\nQuintin Van Konkelenberg<\/a><\/p>\n

Agency:<\/strong>
\nFusion Models (Brooklyn)<\/a><\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong>
\n20<\/p>\n

Height:<\/strong>
\n6’1.5″<\/p>\n

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

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

Ethnic Origin:<\/strong>
\n100% pure Dutch<\/p>\n

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

How discovered:<\/strong>
\nI was at Burger King with my girlfriend back at the time and I went to the toilet. I\u2019m taking a piss and this buff black dude starts standing next to me and looking over and smiling at me. I\u2019m like, nah, I\u2019m not having any of this shit. So I try to look from the edge of my eye and he\u2019s just full-on staring at me smiling. I\u2019m like, shit, so I just finish up, run out of there and grab my girlfriend out of the line, and just run out. The guy comes out and he\u2019s like, \u201cI have to have your number.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cNah bro, no fucking way.\u201d And he\u2019s just like, \u201cNo, you don\u2019t understand,\u201d starts talking to my ex-girlfriend and he\u2019s like, \u201ci\u2019m going to make your boyfriend a model,\u201d and she\u2019s like, \u201cOk!\u201d So then I was like, \u201cAlright, fine, fine,\u201d and gave him my number and two weeks later I\u2019m running around in Milan like a headless chicken.<\/p>\n

What was your first modeling job?<\/strong>
\nMy first big one would probably have been Prada. I remember it very clearly because they sent 17 angry emails to my agency that they couldn\u2019t shut me up so I needed to come with a personal babysitter to make sure that I didn\u2019t talk as much because the designers couldn\u2019t concentrate. I was definitely nervous. I was about to piss my pants honestly. It\u2019s so crazy, you just get plucked off the street. I used to design games and read comics, you can guess what kind of personality I used to have and what I was comfortable with. I\u2019d sit inside, play my video games, talk to my one or two friends, and that\u2019s it. Then suddenly you just get dropped in this atmosphere of attention and everything\u2019s revolved around what you\u2019re wearing and how you\u2019re looking and it was something that wasn\u2019t even on my radar as a person. I was scared shitless honestly. It\u2019s just so intense, it\u2019s Prada and it\u2019s the biggest brand. I was like, Holy shit, and they\u2019re just lining you up and everybody\u2019s like, \u201cQuiet, quiet,\u201d and then you just got to walk out in this room and be calm and elegant. I was like, If I trip right now, I\u2019m going to ruin everything I\u2019ve been running around for, just don\u2019t trip, just don\u2019t trip, just don\u2019t trip. That was my first biggest fear, I was honestly concerned that I would fall into the audience and ruin the entire show, because that\u2019s the kind of shit I expect from myself. Luckily that didn\u2019t happen and I learned how to walk on two legs. Guess I\u2019m just a brilliant human being who can walk on two legs.<\/p>\n

Favorite things:<\/strong>
\nDogs. I\u2019m a dog type of person, always had a dog. I have a dog right now, a Swedish Shepherd. It\u2019s like a German Shepherd puppy, but it stays that small forever, it\u2019s really sweet. I just think dogs are good for your health and mental stability.<\/p>\n

What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s probably got to be rap. Some of my favorites are Childish Gambino, G-Eazy\u2019s really getting on top of his shit, Kendrick Lamar\u2019s never wrong. I quite like A$AP Rocky, but then because I started seeing him during fashion shows and seeing him as a famous person, I kind of stepped out of it. I was just like, Nah this is weird. And Eminem\u2019s always a classic.<\/p>\n

Favorite movie, tv show:<\/strong>
\nRight now, one of my favorite movies definitely is Deadpool. I used to read shit tons of comics and Deadpool was probably one of my favorites for a long time, so that definitely gets on the high list. I think the movie that hit me most personally is either Life Is Beautiful or Schindler\u2019s List, because in Europe, you still see the remains of World War II, so World War II has this big influence about how we think about Europe nowadays and how we\u2019re very liberal and progressive because we don\u2019t want to go back to anything like that. Some messed-up shit happened there and you\u2019ve got to learn from the past. Favorite TV show\u2014Rick and Morty, that\u2019s easy. Rick and Morty\u2019s got so many layers to it, it\u2019s just really good to watch. Every time you watch it, you can pick a few new things out of there where you\u2019re just like, Oh shit, that\u2019s hilarious. It\u2019s just a great show I recommend to anyone.<\/p>\n

Favorite designer, fragrance or beauty product:<\/strong>
\nI like Valentino because I met the people personally, absolutely wonderful, lovely people. They were the first ones to be like, \u201cHey Quintin, why don\u2019t you come over to Paris?\u201d So Valentino got me over to Paris and they gave me all those opportunities, so they\u2019re special to me. Ann Demeulemeester makes clothing which I personally would like to wear in any type of situation, but as a designer like, Holy shit, this guy, it would probably be Raf Simons just because I think he\u2019s the most baller type of person.<\/p>\n

What would you be doing if you weren’t modeling?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d make video games. I used to be a video game designer and I gave that up to do modeling, so I\u2019d probably resort to old habits.<\/p>\n

What’s something uncool that you love anyway?<\/strong>
\nI guess I\u2019m just a fly type of person! No, definitely not. I read comics since I was a wee little toddler, absolutely fascinated by it. I guess you could say I\u2019m kind of a geek because I game 99% of the time. If I\u2019m not gaming, I\u2019m probably checking out comics or even conspiracy theories around comics. Comics are a nerdy thing, but nowadays with media and the new movies, it\u2019s kind of acceptable. Before, I couldn\u2019t come out of the closet and be like, \u201cI am a comic reader!\u201d People would be like, \u201cYo, get the fuck back.\u201d Now everybody\u2019s like, \u201cOh that\u2019s so dope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favorite thing about modeling?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s definitely all of the traveling, getting exposed to new cultures. It really widens your perspective on life itself and it really helps you grow as a person. You get exposed to new languages and new people. It\u2019s also so great that, because male models get plucked off the street, it\u2019s not about where you\u2019re from or who you are, just what you look like, so you can meet anyone. There\u2019s these beautiful individuals that you\u2019d never ever meet in your entire life just walking around normally, because they fall completely out of your perspective or comfort zone and you\u2019d never hang around with those kind of people, then you\u2019re stuffed into one room together and it\u2019s just amazing. I wouldn\u2019t change it for the world.<\/p>\n

What’s the best thing about your hometown\/country?<\/strong>
\nPeace and quiet, definitely. Very friendly people, it\u2019s just generally really, really nice. When I was growing up there, I was like, This is boring, I want to go somewhere else, but then where you\u2019re going somewhere else the entire time, you just miss home.<\/p>\n

Which brand would you really love to model for?<\/strong>
\nVans. They should\u2019ve hit me up ages ago. Honestly guys, if you\u2019re reading this, Quintin Van Konkelenberg. I\u2019ll do it for free, it\u2019s fine, just pay for my flight there. I\u2019ve been skating and wearing Vans since I was 11, just only Vans. I\u2019m just a dipshit kind of person and I ruin my shoes, but with Vans it doesn\u2019t matter, because if they\u2019re fucked that basically means that you\u2019ve been doing a good job skating.<\/p>\n

Place you would love to visit:<\/strong>
\nMars. It\u2019s exciting shit, we\u2019re going to move there, we\u2019re going to be living there, and I just want to be there when everything\u2019s thriving and set up and you\u2019re just standing there like, Holy shit, I\u2019m on Mars. This is going to happen in our lifetime, that\u2019s so weird. People don\u2019t realize this, within 40 years this shit\u2019s going to happen and I\u2019ll be able to buy a ticket to Mars and stand on Mars! It\u2019s crazy!<\/p>\n

Currently you’re obsessed with\/about:<\/strong>
\nMars! Technology and futurism. I spend a lot of time being depressed about all the fucked-up shit that we do to each other, overpopulation, fishing the entire seas completely dry, all that shit. There\u2019s a lot of things that you can sit and mope about in your room and think about too much, and it\u2019s just wasted energy honestly. So what I started doing is I started Googling things that happened in science, things that we succeeded at, things that we were able to achieve, and it\u2019s really nice. It\u2019s a positive view in front of you, because when push comes to shove, you can\u2019t go to the past and you can\u2019t change the past, you can only change the future. If you\u2019ve got a bright mindset and you know where you want to go, that\u2019s basically the only hope that you have left. It gives you a good sense of achievement and hope to see these great things that come out of research and technology nowadays.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best piece of advice you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/strong>
\nMy dad always said, think before you act. Just that, and he\u2019s always repeated it because I always fuck up. It\u2019s something that\u2019s stuck with me my entire life and every decision that I make is based on that lesson. It\u2019s just a very good lesson I want to give to everyone. Before you do something stupid or before you do something irrational, just take one second, think about it, what\u2019s the consequence of this, and it helps you make a lot better choices in your life in general.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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