SEXY NOTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER NIGEL BARKER By Natalie

SEXY NOTED FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER NIGEL BARKER By: Natalie Kwiecien

BIOGRAPHY • Nigel Barker was born on April 27, 1972 in London, Enlgand. • He grew up in a family with five siblings and attended Bryanston School. • He planned on pursuing a career in medicine, however his mother (a former Miss Sri Lanka), entered him into a televised model show called ‘The Clothes Show’ that started his modeling career. • He modeled for 10 years before he decided to become a fashion photographer in 1996.

MEDIA • Nigel is currently a photographer and judge on the show, America’s Next Top Model and has been since cycle 2. • He was also an official judge for the Miss America Pageant 2007. • He made his directorial debut with the documentaries ‘A Sealed Fate? ’, ‘Generation Free’ and ‘Haiti: Hunger and Hope’. • In September 2010, Nigel released a book on beauty called, ‘Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation: Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You’.

PERSONAL LIFE • He married Cristen Chin, a fellow former model, in 1999. • He currently resides in New York City with his two children, Jack and Jasmine.

A SEALED FATE? • A Sealed Fate? is a 45 minute documentary made by Nigel Barker about Canada’s annual harp seal hunts. • Nigel traveled 30 miles off the coast of Prince Edward Island with the Humane Society of the U. S. to witness the birth of the harp seals.

INTERESTING FACTS • Nigel opened his own photo studio in New York City called Studio. NB. • He has photographed for various magazines including Seventeen, GQ, Town & Country and Cover. • Some of Nigel’s role models include Andy Warhol and David La. Chapelle. • Nigel took fashion classes all throughout high school and was the first boy to be awarded the designer’s cup.

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