{"id":17,"date":"2018-07-26T15:10:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2023-10-03T22:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T22:21:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"

VALENTINE, 66, is an independently wealthy philanthropist who modeled for Elite in New York (from 1979-81) during the Studio 54 heydays and the AIDS epidemic. He then traveled around the world using his New York modeling credentials to pay for his extensive travels.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He was the first professional model in most markets and the first New York high fashion model in all. He began in Mexico, then went on to Sydney where he pushed an 18 year old Elle Macpherson to model in New York, and when she hesitated, pushed his Chadwick\u2019s head booker Stuart Cameron to take her there and manage her.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He modeled in Singapore at a time when junks dominated the harbor and Manchu styled addicts smoked opium on sacks of rice. He sang some of his showtunes like \u201cSingapore Girls\u201d and \u201cMy Girl\u2019s Chinese\u201d with the Singapore orchestra. He modeled in huge cities like Hong Kong where he also recorded a few songs for a musical he was writing in his spare time, and Tokyo where models were treated like rock stars.<\/p>\n

He was the first western model in \u201cred\u201d China at a time when every citizen wore identical black changhsan outfits and rode identical black bicycles. They would stop in the many hundreds to behold Valentine and golden haired female models in colorful Chinese garments forbidden to Chinese citizens but for sale in western markets at the start of China\u2019s transformation into a world economy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>He modeled for a season in London and Paris before returning to the US to study music in Las Vegas and Chicago. He then moved to LA, modeling only occasionally for the several clients who sought him out for large jobs.<\/p>\n

When a young model recently pointed out that older models are now in demand, Valentine decided to put his look out again. He looks forward to reconnecting with the fun fashion crowd he always loved.<\/p>\n

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VALENTINE\u2019s 1980s MODELING PHOTOS<\/h3>\n

Valentine\u2019s photos were ruined in storage
\nbut he retrieved a few from agencies and clients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"1983<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1983 Canton \u2013 communist China<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1980<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1980 New York \u2013 Elite comp card<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1982<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1982 Australia \u2013 Calvin Klein<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1984<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1984 Paris \u2013 Givenchy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1980<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1980 New York \u2013 Barclay cigarette print ad<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1981<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1981 New York \u2013 John Larkin hats<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1982<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1982 Mexico \u2013 Nivea TV commercial
\nbody painted to look like a statue<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1984<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1984 Singapore \u2013 spec shoot
\nbody painted to look like a statue<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"1982<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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1982 Australia \u2013 American Express travelers checks TV commercial<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VALENTINE, 66, is an independently wealthy philanthropist who modeled for Elite in New York (from 1979-81) during the Studio 54 heydays and the AIDS epidemic. He then traveled around the world using his New York modeling credentials to pay for his extensive travels. He was the first professional model in most markets and the first…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1410,"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.valentinemodel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}