birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
upminster , united kingdom 01 february 1971 1992 -- present paul sculfor
 paul sculfor model
paul sculfor

paul sculfor is a british male model as well as a tv and film actor .
he is one of the leading world male models , having won a modeling competition at the age of 21 , when he won ` the face of 92 ' in association with select model management and the `` daily mirror '' .
sculfor was unaware his mother had entered him in the competition ; he was in the hospital having had his appendix removed when he received the letter saying he was in the finals of the competition , alongside rod stewart 's wife penny lancaster .
the judges included tandy , the owner of select model management and gary stretch .
sculfor 's first modeling job was for the face magazine and in the autumn of 1993 , sculfor worked alongside bridget hall on the winter/fall 1993 campaign for banana republic , shot by prolific photographer bruce weber .
the campaign featured on billboards all over new york 's times square .
sculfor soon moved to europe , where he was working out of milan and paris with the likes of giorgio armani , versace , and jean paul gaultier , paul smith and valentino .
in 1994 sculfor and laurence vanhaeverbeke modeled for the christian dior fragrance tendre poison , which was photographed by tyen , and the campaign ran for three years .
due to his success as a male model , he has frequently been referred to as ` the original supermodel ' .
one article commented on ` the face that 's worth a million dollars ' .
