{"id":58366,"date":"2017-10-19T05:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/?p=58366"},"modified":"2017-10-19T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T16:21:31","slug":"tom-ali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/newfaces\/modeloftheweek\/58366","title":{"rendered":"Tom Ali went from paper boy to Burberry exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/238670597\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tom was shot exclusively for MODELS.com by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sebastianpetrovski\/\">Sebastian Petrovski<\/a>, with styling by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isabelbush4president\/\">Isabel Bush<\/a>. Many thanks to Michael Baker and Kai.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"writeup\">\n<h2>interview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong><br \/>\nTom Ali<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agency:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/models.com\/agency\/Storm-Model-Management\">Storm Management (London)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong><br \/>\n17<\/p>\n<p><strong>Height:<\/strong><br \/>\n6&#8217;1.5&#8243;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tomaliuk\">@tomaliuk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Place of Origin:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m from Bedfordshire, about 50 miles north of London, England<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethnic Origin:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m half Indian, quarter English and quarter Irish!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Birthsign:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m a Gemini<\/p>\n<p><strong>How discovered:<\/strong><br \/>\nI got scouted at Reading Festival 2016 on the way to see music with my mates, a couple of days after getting my GCSE results so it was a pretty mad weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your first modeling job?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was the Burberry SS17 Show as an exclusive in February this year, I was absolutely buzzing, such a crazy experience. I thought I&#8217;d be nervous but apart from the second where you get told to walk out I&#8217;d say I was more excited than nervous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite things:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve always loved football so I&#8217;ve played that at the weekends since I was small and I support Liverpool so I always try to watch the games, we&#8217;re doing so badly at the moment though!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are you listening to at the moment?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m into a bit of everything to be honest, I went to Reading again this year so I&#8217;ve been listening to a lot of artists that were there, like Dave, The Manor, Eminem &#038; Two Door Cinema Club. I&#8217;ve also been listening to this group from London called Vibbar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite movie, tv show:<\/strong><br \/>\nI watched Shawshank Redemption recently which was so good, Inception and Interstellar are definitely two of my favourites too. Not sure about a favourite TV show but I&#8217;ve just started Prison Break which so far seems pretty mad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite designer, fragrance or beauty product:<\/strong><br \/>\nI reckon my favourite brand is Stussy, and I think Gucci is so great too but way too expensive! I don&#8217;t really have a favourite fragrance to be honest, just use whatever I get given for birthdays as long as it smells good lol, at the moment I&#8217;m using David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were you doing before modeling?<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore modelling I was at school and still am, but I used to do a couple of paper rounds so getting to stop them was great because doing that in rain and cold just wasn&#8217;t fun!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you be doing if you weren&#8217;t modeling?<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m at school doing my A Levels as well as modelling so I&#8217;d still be doing that, I&#8217;d probably just be in school a bit more! After modelling I&#8217;m not 100% sure yet, I&#8217;m thinking of maybe studying architecture<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s something uncool that you love anyway?<\/strong><br \/>\nNot really sure but I like listening to soundtrack music like Hans Zimmer sometimes, he&#8217;s a composer and does backing tracks for loads of big films so his music is pretty intense but sick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite modeling experience so far?<\/strong><br \/>\nMy favourite experience so far is definitely the Burberry Show in February. The day before the show some of us got to go for a shoot at the show space so it was mad seeing that and meeting the other models who were all pretty new to modelling like me which was cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the best thing about your hometown\/country?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;d probably have to be how quiet it is round here, so nice to get back from hectic London to chill at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brand would you really love to model for?<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty standard answer but I&#8217;d love to walk for or work with Louis Vuitton or Gucci. If I&#8217;m ever lucky enough to shoot for a big magazine one day like Vogue Hommes, that&#8217;d be crazy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Place you would love to visit:<\/strong><br \/>\nI really want to go to Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo, the cultures and just everything there look crazy and so different to here. I&#8217;m hoping to go travelling after I finish my A levels, and hopefully lots with modelling as well, just want to see as many places around the world as I can really.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Currently you&#8217;re obsessed with\/about:<\/strong><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s about 10 songs that I&#8217;m obsessed with at the moment which I always queue on Spotify, definitely going to start hating them sometime soon because I\u2019m overplaying them so much!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the best piece of advice you\u2019ve ever been given?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s such a clich\u00e9 but just taking every opportunity that comes your way, because I hate it when I regret not doing something<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom, 17, from England, likes Liverpool FC, Hans Zimmer soundtracks, and Inception. 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