When we spotted male model Miguel Perdomo, 28, on his latest billboard for AKOO clothing, we knew you would want to know more about this sexy— and single!— Dominican Brotha. We tracked him down to New York, to find out how we could see more of this chiseled, Caribbean cutie. Turns out, he’ll be gracing our TV screens on season 2 of “I Want to Work for Diddy.” (VH1, 10PM) We’ll definitely be tuning in. Will you?
By Demetria L. Lucas
Though his impressive modeling resume also includes Calvin Klein, Azzure, and Coogi, Miguel still has bigger aspirations. “I want to be a Ralph Lauren model,” says Miguel who’s patterning his career after the first Black male supermodel, Tyson Beckford. “Those models have longevity. I wouldn’t mind being at Ralph Lauren forever.”
Much like Black women who model, Black men have difficulties too (although Miguel says it’s not nearly as hard for the men). “We tend to be built broader than European models,” he says. “It’s hard for us to get down to be 100lbs even when European models weigh 90lbs with a wet t-shirt.”
Anyone who’s ever watched an episode of America’s Next Top Model knows modeling isn’t as easy as it looks. Miguel’s most embarrassing moment?
“I did an underwear ad for a magazine where I had to be wet and it was really cold that day,” he recalls. “Uh, not a good look. At all. Thank God they used a different image.”
It’s hard to believe this mega-cutie is unattached, but he most certainly is. And even better, he’s looking for a lady to keep him company on New York’s cold winter nights.
“I need a woman in the streets and a seductress in the sheets,” says Miguel. “I’ll keep looking until I find her.”
He’ll take you to dinner on a first date (likely Italian, since lasagna is his favorite dish), but you won’t get a call back if you puff on cigarettes.
“I don’t like to see a woman smoke and I hate the smell out of it,” he says. “The best thing the mayor did was ban it in bars and clubs in New York.”