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Place of Birth: Panama
About Omar Albertto
- Omar Albertto (more often known simply as, Omar) is a Los Angeles-based agent for the fashion industry, who has specialized in representing ethnically diverse male models.
- He was the founder of the highly influential agency, Omar's Men, which had more than a million dollars of revenue its first year of operation (1987), with continued growth thru the mid-90s.
- It included a roster of male models from The Philippines, Turkey, Brazil, Cambodia, America, etc. He currently owns and runs, JustOmar, a modeling agency and branding company in Southern California.Albertto is known for finding new talents and often credited with originally introducing real people into the U.S.
- fashion market.
- In a 1988 LA Times article by Jeanine Stein, he was quoted, "I want to have an agency of real people, not models.
- They are real, everyday people with great style".During the last three decades his Men have appeared in almost every prestigious international fashion magazine including; L'Uomo Vogue, GQ, Arena and Esquire - and have appeared in campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Versace, Gucci, Armani and Dolce & Gabbana.
- Many have also segued into successful acting careers.
- Thru the years he has introduced (via modeling) the actors Djimon Honsou (Academy Award Nominee), Antonio Sabà to Jr.
- and Tyrese Gibson - the star of The Fast and the Furious franchise films.His models have worked extensively with photographers such as Bruce Weber, Mario Testino, Matthew Rolston and the late Herb Ritts.
- Ritts once used Albertto himself to appear in a Gap advertisement that appeared seventy-five feet high above Times Square in New York City.
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