Trivia: What do the occupations balut vendor, construction worker and forklift operator have in common? All of these “odd” jobs were performed by our best male model export to the world, the 6’2″ tall Rocky Salumbides.

Rocky is a native of Cavite City and, as mentioned earlier, has engaged himself in manual labor before being discovered as a model. He competed in the MTV Fashionista competition in 2004 (together with Anthony Madden, Dennis McIrvin, Don Mendoza, John Daryl Rose, Jerome Uy, AJ Winkler and James Zablan) and was chosen to represent the country in the Best Model of the World competition in Istanbul, Turkey.

After being a popular sight in the Manila Fashion Scene, he tried his luck in the international scene by submitting his portfolio to Elite, an international model management agency, which gave him ramp assignments in Singapore. Since then, he has modelled for Versace, John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier.

Photo Credit: Daniel Tan for some pics in this post.

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