Fix your bike, land modelling contract

Andre Birleanu is no bimbo. He speaks five languages, his parents were top-flight lawyers and diplomats and, before his break into the world of modelling, he was studying criminal law as well as forensic psychology.

He rode his bike to the John Jay Criminal Justice Academy in New York City. No doubt cycling is how he developed his amazing six-pack (hmm, well maybe not). On one fateful day he was outside school fixing his bike when Calvin French, then artistic director of Boss Models NY, walked past and spotted Birleanu’s potential, as brawns not brains.

The biking super-model is becoming a famous face in America and Brits get a chance to see him starting Sunday 20th Jan, 9pm, on MTV ONE. He’s one of the brainiest contestants on America’s Most Smartest Model, a competitive reality TV series.

MTV puts beautiful models to the test! Throwing them into a house to carry out experiments and IQ tests to decide who will win the dubious title of ‘America’s Most Smartest Model.’ If cruel tests on gorgeous models offend you, then don’t watch it.

Here’s the viral video for the show. It’s a pseudo-protest ‘against model testing’.