Daniel Morel He was a young man who lived in a modest house in Samaná and helped his parents’ business by selling cabbage. Today it is one of the most requested and recommended modelss of the world. There is even the prestigious magazine’s ranking of the 10 most prominent male figures FASHION.
But how did all this happen? Learn about its history today:
Born in a zinc and wood house in a town in the province of Samaná. Your real name is Luis Arturo Morel Acostabut they call him Daniel, and he’s the middle one in his house. His mother works in a ventorrillo and his father was a farmer.
Daniel worked with his mother at a very young age, preparing and selling cabbage in the ventorrillo.
He just started his career “to try” because a friend of his mother saw him at the age of 16 and said that “he had the body and the talent to perform on catwalks”.
His mother disagreed that he entered that race and refused to participate until he was of legal age.
“We’ve been talking since we were seventeen, and I told him the boy was a minor and couldn’t allow that. I was younger and I didn’t like the idea of modeling, ”said her mother.
Morel took part in a reality show in Semaná and an American photographer put him in touch with the modeling agent Sandro Guzman, which asked for a photo of Daniel taken in natural light.
When Guzmán saw the young man, he was impressed and recognized Daniel’s talent.
“When I saw that photo, I realized that he was a beautiful boy and that he has perfect skin. I called him right away because I wanted to speak to him, ”he said.
From that moment on his career skyrocketed. He has participated in various parades and catwalks around the world and represented brands such as: Prada, Guicci, Dior, Valentino, among other things.