Tyler Riggs

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Tyler Riggs (born February 25, 1986) is an American fashion model and actor. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Modeling career[]

Riggs' career in modeling began by accident when posing for a class project for his friend, a photography student. The friend's teacher suggested that Riggs pursue an actual career in modeling, and in 2007, Riggs signed with Red Model Management and moved to New York City.^[1] Since then, Riggs has been featured as an "exciting new face"^[2] and "model of the week"^[3] by Models.com. He was ranked at number seven on Forbes.com's June 2009 list of the most successful male models.^[4] He has also been featured as a style inspiration on the New York Times style blog The Moment.^[5] Riggs debuted at in Milan during Milan Fashion Week F/W 2008-2009 and opened his first show - Neil Barrett. Since then he has walked the runway for the most important brands and designers like Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Alexander McQueen, Costume National, DKNY, Givenchy, Gucci, Hermès, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Marni, Moschino and Thierry Mugler. He appeared on the cover of , , and inside magazines such as Wonderland, V, VMAN, Another Man, Details, i-D, , L'Officiel Hommes, GQ and , as well as in print ad campaigns for Louis Vuitton, D&G, Topman, Ray-Ban, Diesel, Sisley, Bershka, , William Rast for Target and Converse by John Varvatos.

Agencies[]

• Next - Los Angeles (mother) & New York City & London^[6]
• Success Models - Paris
• Fashion Models - Milan
• Exhiles - Tokyo

Acting career[]

He studied acting under the prestigious acting teacher William Esper at the William Esper Studio. He has aspirations of becoming an actor, something that played into the decision of moving to Los Angeles from New York.^[7]

Personal life[]

Riggs is originally from Lutz, near Tampa, Florida. He writes and records music. He is married to Finnish model Suvi Koponen.^[8]

Filmography[]

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