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IN CONVERSATION|CASEY JACKSON
Name|Casey Lee Jackson
Age|17
Hometown|Jeffersonville, Indiana
How did you get discovered?
I had a friend who was also a model at the time an agency in Louisville, Kentucky. She had shot with a woman photographer up in Cincinnati and send her a few of my junior year prom pictures. From there, we shot at her house and she send me to a friend who lives in NY, who send my pictures to agencies.
What were you doing prior to modeling?
I just went to school and I also played on the varsity basketball team at my school.
People would be surprised to know that I...
am colorblind
What's your latest obsession?
Cars, mainly high end. Example: Lamborghini's and Porsche
Your most prize possession?
My Grandpa's Louisville slugger bat that has his signature on it.
Growing up, who did you look up to as your hero?
My dad
When is the last time you said, "I Love You" to someone?
My mom before I came to meet with JTC!
Three adjectives that best describes you:
Relaxed, Non-Chalance and Funny
Describe your personal style:
Fashionable, sort of hipster
Your favorite place you have travel to:
Dominican Republic
Your favorite film and scene from the film:
End Of Watch—Scene: End of film, huge shoot in an apartment complex, running in and out of the apartment dogging bullets
Your favorite sport:
Sport: Baseball
Team: St. Louis Cardinals
Player: Yadier Molina
Team: St. Louis Cardinals
Player: Yadier Molina
If there's a destination or item you would recommend us to check out or visit about your native country/city or town, what would you recommend?
Jeffersonville, Kentucky—Down to the river. It's the center of where I grew up and shaped my home town.
If you were given a indie cable show, what type of show would it be? Which song would you choose as your opening song?
How the life of a group of high schoolers really is...Walk The Moon by Anna Sun
Your wish for the remainder of 2014?
To get a chance to see my grandfather one more time.
MODEL AGENT|AGENCY:
Christophe Sanchez-Vahle|New York Models
IMAGES|CONCEPT|CASTING|John Tan
MODEL|Casey Jackson|New York Models
Special thanks to Christophe Sanchez-Vahle and the men's board at New York Models; Casey for coming with his mom to NYC and spend some time meeting up with JTC!
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