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Ryan Diesel’s Profile & Biography
How did you get started in the modeling industry?
Well, I kinda fell into it. My major in school is photo graphics and we’d have to do projects — my classmates would request to shoot me. One guy used me and won some awards for the picture. People must have thought that I had more to do with it, because the word got out, “Ask Ryan, he’ll get naked!” (I was raised in Europe and I’m really comfortable with nudity and my body.) I started doing some stuff locally, and got a book cover for a local author in New Mexico.
I went and got an agent, and started shooting some things. A photographer in LA had asked to shoot with me, so I went up there… but he wasn’t so great and tried to take advantage of me. When I wouldn’t fool around, he tossed me out on the street at 4:00 am. I didn’t know anybody in LA — except thankfully I’d been talking to Gerry online and he happened to live down the street.
That’s how I met Gerry in person, and I started getting a lot of work after that. Gerry really opened a lot of doors for me.
Well, you’ve accomplished a lot in such a short amount of time! What are your big-picture plans right now?
I’d love to launch my own underwear line, the movie is in progress, plus I’ve been working with photographers associated with other well-known magazines.
What has the defining moment in your life and/or career at this point?
Honestly, I have a 2-year-old daughter — she’s in New Mexico and I go to see her as much as I can. She lives with her Mom, who’s an awesome mother, and it’s really tough being away from her. She’s the light of my life.
Career-wise, this is really strange, but when I was younger we lived in Germany and my Mom rented out the house to my Aunt and some of her sorority sisters. When we got back to the house, there was a box in the garage and it had Playgirls and stuff in it. I found the issue with Sylvester Stallone in it and I remember getting it and going “I want to do this!” — I was about 11 and my Mom thought that it was crazy. But I did — I always wanted to shoot for Playgirl, I thought it’d be really cool.
I actually shot with Playgirl and was on the cover — the 2006 Campus Hunks issue in November. I shot that in Fort Lauderdale — it was a great experience and lots of fun!
What was your worst gig ever?
I just did an underwear shoot for this little independant underwear company and they had some crazy stuff. I had to hire a friend whose a porn star to do half of it because you could see EVERYTHING.
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