On the runway at Sunday's show at Fashion at the Park, the 10 finalists in the Fashion!Dallas/Kim Dawson Model Search weren't even blinking. Each of them surely hoped Kim Dawson agency director would call their name in male models section. The result? Kyle Ellison, you oughta be in pictures.
“When I was three, I modeled for J.C. Penney,” the Allen-native told us at the finalists photo shoot by model photographer for the Fashion!Dallas/Kim Dawson Model Search. “Maybe that's why it's appealing to me now.” And Kyle was certainly appealing to the judges, who chose him the 2008 winner from a pool of nearly 1,100 applicants. The 6-foot-2 eye technician doesn't just want to be a male model.
“Hopefully modeling will open some doors for me to be an actor, like Shia LeBeouf. I want to do movies like he does.”
Kyle walks away with a modeling contract with Kim Dawson, $1000 in NorthPark Gold — good at any NorthPark Center retailer — and a Toni & Guy national ad campaign. And some serious popularity. He was the runner-up for Reader's Choice winner, pulling in nearly 70,000 votes.
Kyle was the Kim Dawson Agency's winning choice, and readers had theirs. Diaby Mo, Jr. pulled in more than 80,000 votes over the last week from our online and text voting. Diaby is 21 and lives in Fort Worth, working as an Information specialist.
Born in New York City while his West African parents were there on vacation, Diaby came back to the United States ten years ago.
"I love it here," he says. "There's so much opportunity."
News Sources:- By JASON SHEELER / The Dallas Morning News(October 13, 2008) http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/101208dnlivkyle.fd507393.html
Kyle Ellison wins Fashion!Dallas / Kim Dawson model search contest
