Featured Model

Lee Dares

Hometown  Toronto, ON

Background  Scottish, English, primarily, but also French, and even some Spanish way back

Modelling Since  2005

Height  5'11" (180 cm)

Hair  Brown

Eyes  Blue

Discovered  It was something I was very interested in pursuing, and so one day I decided to walk into an agency with my sister, and they gave me a contract that same day.

Best Modelling Moment  Booking the DKNY campaign with just one B&W headshot online and then flying to NY that weekend to shoot it with Peter Lindbergh. It was a huge production. I mean, I'll never forget the people I met, the huge silver production trailer we got around NYC in, the amazing clothes, seamstresses everywhere zipping away alterations on their machines and of course working with such a classic photographer.

Awkward Modelling Moment  Ah! Too many! Haha, well it was definitely pretty embarrassing when I fell over onto a male model at an editorial shoot in Paris!

Favourite Market  TOKYO, hands down.

The culture, the people, the countryside, the way of life, the cuisine, the money, the whole deal!

Favourite Model  As strange as it may sound, I've always looked at the old masters paintings, and the models that they used, such as the Mona Lisa, and the Venus. They aren't typical "models" but when you think about it they really were the first supermodels! Everybody in the world has seen them and knows they are more iconic and inspirational because they have been painted into pieces of art. I like to think of photography as an art form, that's why the renaissance-painting-models are so cool to me.

Oh god, I just sounded a lot like Zoolander.... haha

Most Embassing song on your iPod  Why should someone be embarrased by the music they listen to? I like Rick Roll and I'm PROUD to say so.