The capricious and volatile world of fashion manages to subdue by no means everyone. Many of those who are passionately striving to connect their lives with walks on the catwalk and photo shoots for glossy magazines do not withstand the load that an avalanche falls on a dreaming person. Hundreds of castings and photo tests are also not a guarantee of a successful career growth model.
A girl or a young man, passionately eager to become fashion models, should have a kind of “highlight” that will attract photographers and designers. A beautiful face and a slender figure - this is not all that is required for a successful future in the modeling field. Luck and incredible hard work are also needed. Or close relationships with the powers of the show business world. For example, with the Madonna. Like John Cortajarena. Many journalists, and other people with a grin, discuss the new queen pop novel, attributing it to her all the achievements of the new boyfriend. Is it really? Let's figure it out.
The Way to Model Business
John Cortajarena was born on May 19, 1985 in the small Spanish town of Bilbao, located in the province of Bizkaia. As a teenager, he and his friends go to Barcelona to relax and get to a fashion show. There, a tall green-eyed young man is noticed by a recruit from the View Management agency and offers to try his hand at the samples for one of the advertising projects. John agrees.
This decision becomes a turning point in the life of a simple Spanish youth. And soon he began to flicker on the best catwalks in the world. It was the year 2003. Officially, John Cortajarena debuts at the Cibeles Fashion Week in Madrid. He takes part in the fashion show of the Roberto Verino collection.
From Spain to the USA: Career Growth
After a while, the young man moves to Paris. His first solid contract is a collaboration with the fashion house Roberto Cavalli. He is then invited to New York. There he immerses himself in working with many famous photographers, including Peter Lindberg, Mario Testino, Stephen Meisel, Murt and Marcus, Stephen Klein and others.
At the same time, the young model actively collaborates with brands such as Karl Lagerfeld, Valentino, Giorgio Armani, Chanel and others. John Cortajarena is becoming the face of many of the well-known brands, including GUESS. The leading Spaniard model becomes the young Spaniard in 2007.
Tom Ford Fetish
John's chiseled features attract attention and glossy magazines. In 2008, he appears on the cover of L'Officiel Hommes. After a while, he was invited to a photo shoot for Tom Ford. Terry Richardson, who shot it for the famous fashion designer, became the very link that firmly connected the talented Spanish model and the American couturier. Since then, John Cortajarena is a kind of Ford fetish.
In the modeling business, there are also various awards and festivals. Many of the awards of these competitions passed into the hands of the Spanish macho. In addition, the renowned financial publication Forbes named John one of the ten most influential and successful male models in the world.
Film career and personal life
In addition to collaboration with couturiers and photographers, he is also engaged in acting. His first debut was in Tom Ford's Lone Man movie. His partners on the set were Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. This picture was the best work presented at the Vienna Film Festival.
John Cortajarena, whose personal life is also interesting to the public, as well as his creative successes, is the very “boy” whom the Madonna queen of pop music has “crushed”. The meeting of the diva and the fashion model took place in 2010 at the New York premiere of the movie "Lonely Man". Everyone knows Madonna’s love for young boys. Cortajarena was no exception. His beauty captivated the pop queen, and the couple left the party already together. After a while, John starred in the Madonna video titled “Girl Gone Wild”.
In 2011, Kylie Minogue, who conducted the casting for the filming of her clip, chose John for the lead role. And not just for work. He became the new boyfriend of the singer. John Cortajarena and his girlfriend hide the development of their relationship.