Guard Gets Modeling Gig After Going Viral at London Fashion Week
The viral video drew more than 900,000 views and led agencies in Milan, Paris and the United States to contact him.
- Security guard Soufian Boucetta signed with PRM agency in London after a viral video of him working at London Fashion Week garnered over 900,000 views.
- Soufian, a resident of South London who moved there four years ago, previously worked in private security protecting celebrities including Rihanna and Jason Statham before users shared a video captioned, "Sorry Simone Rocha, the collection was amazing, but the security guy had the girls and the gays staring!"
- Before his viral moment, Soufian frequently received encouragement to model, noting, "I was always told that I had a good face, I was tall, and I was thin. In one day I would have 15 people come tell me that I am handsome and I have to be a model."
- Despite receiving interest from modeling agencies in Milan, Paris, and the United States, Boucetta chose to sign with PRM agency London, which represents notable models including Agel Akol, Yilan Hua, and Athiec Geng.
- While Soufian continues working in security for the moment, he plans a full-time modeling career, adding, "My life is very different. I am starting to really like modeling. Whatever comes is going to be good for me.
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A viral video completely changed the life of a man who once worked as a security guard. He once worked as a laborer on a construction site, then became a security guard, and now he's signed a modeling contract with a major London agency.
A 24-year-old Spanish man, Soufian Boucetta, experienced an unexpected turn in his life after a video filmed during London Fashion Week went viral on social media. Boucetta was working as a security guard at a fashion show by designer Simone Rocha when one of the attendees posted a video of him on social media, jokingly writing that the collection was beautiful but that the guard had caught his attention. The video quickly received more than 900…
A day at London Fashion Week completely changed the life of 24-year-old Soufian Boucetta. Working as a security guard at designer Simone Rocha's show, Boucetta inadvertently attracted all the attention of the attendees, which soon earned him a professional modeling contract.
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