Romeo of Venice Beach, John Economou Talks Going from Homeless to Modeling

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Published August 30, 2016

Photographed by Travis Farrell, John Economou rocks an orange bomber jacket from Guess.
Photographed by Travis Farrell, John Economou rocks an orange bomber jacket from Guess.

Guess spotlights model John Economou in its fall 2016 magazine issue. John’s model scouting story is extraordinary to say the least. Homeless at the time, the Two Management model was discovered by Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid. The top models were shooting at Venice Beach, where they spotted John. Suggesting a career as a model, the rest is history.

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Scroll on over to Guess.com and John is a regular face of the brand. Discussing how his life has changed since becoming a model, John shares, “After getting signed, my life changed a lot by getting to meet a bunch of cool people in the industry and to be able to get fatty checks.” Changing gears and dishing on social media, John continues, “Also by the girls putting me on blast, it has helped a lot with Instagram and having a fan base!”

John Economou for Guess’ Fall 2016 Magazine

John Economou rocks a green bomber jacket with skinny fit distressed denim jeans from Guess.
John Economou rocks a green bomber jacket with skinny fit distressed denim jeans from Guess.
John Economou goes casual in a graphic t-shirt, cardigan sweater, ripped distressed denim jeans, and leather boots from Guess.
John Economou goes casual in a graphic t-shirt, cardigan sweater, ripped distressed denim jeans, and leather boots from Guess.
John Economou doubles down on denim from Guess' latest lineup.
John Economou doubles down on denim from Guess’ latest lineup.

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