Translation of article from French vogue 2003
Andres velencoso - 25 tears old, the virile man

To be handsome like that, Andres dived into the magic potion sport-sea-sun. An active proportion daily administering : he grew up running on Tossa de Mar's beach, a small seaside town one hour to the North of Barcelona. His parents were getting a restaurant to the seaside. After school, he was swimming a lot, was drying himself in the wind and was sitting down to do his homework in the shade of straw sunshades. If he had a hang-up, they flew with sea currents. Warm air with sprays of Costa Brava made him tall and strong naturally. To feel good about himself, so comfortable in front of the camera, to be an image never encroached on his virility. The proof, with the beauty session in black and white signed Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for the special Vogue Homme. With the passing pages, he takes a shower, dries one's hair, and takes off his moisturizing face pack� he carries out all this beauty gestures without losing any ounce of testosterone. On the contrary. Became model on a piece of advice of his mother to travel and be free to take advantage of his time, Andres arrived in New York, took in hand by Natalie, his agent in Q Models. As far as there, his career wasn't really taking off: too big to do fashion shows (nearly 1,90 meter ), the few months he's in Paris and Milan aren't really conclusive. But, in New York , everything changes : he grows his hair. Hardly immediately, he lands the Banana Republic's campaign. Sexy and intense, he takes on and wins. �Now, I exploit my size. To be tall, there's a different pressure on castings. Even if you don't put in the clothes!� About look, he keeps to three classic pieces : jean-baskets-T-shirt. For him, fashion is a link leading to several domains. Strong and ultra-protector with his two little sisters Sonia and Sylvia, Andres got a tattoo, his mother's name on his heart, died two years ago. A real man.

Translation by Rosy - thank you hon!