News
11 August 2017
For Connor Newall, seeing a massive version of yourself on the side of a building in Milan is just the sort thing that happens.
In a lot of ways, Connor’s just an average guy from Govan: he’s a big Rangers fan and his Dad works in the shipyards.
But his life changed when a casting agent came to his school looking for teenagers to appear in a government film about the dangers of knife crime.
The agent sent his picture over to Model Team, an agency based in the west-end of Glasgow.
Within hours, they signed Connor up and, by the following day, he was also being represented in London by MiLK. Fashion labels and photographers soon saw his appeal.
It wasn’t just the British fashion world that wanted a piece of Connor, though. He quickly started getting booked for jobs abroad where he found himself rubbing shoulders with some of the world’s biggest celebrities.
Connor gives us glimpse into the fast-paced life of the modelling world.
It would be easy to get starstruck when taking selfies with the stars. But when Connor’s back in Glasgow his family and ‘mother agent’ Michael O’Brien make sure his feet stay on the ground.
Teenager Connor Newall is one of the most successful models ever to come out of Scotland.
Imperfection gives you the perfection Joana De La Fuente, a stylist for GQ
Some of Connor’s notable modelling moments:-
In the long term, Connor sees himself moving away from the world of fashion. He dreams of becoming an actor and has studied with acting coach Lenny Mullan to prepare himself to take the step off the catwalk and onto the cinema screen.
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