“Hot mugshot guy” Jeremy Meeks walked Philipp Plein’s Fall/Winter 2017/2018 Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week on Monday.
According to Entertainment Tonight, Meeks signed to modeling agency White Cross Management after serving a year in jail for a weapons violation.
Meeks sported an all-black, futuristic look on the runway, with a fur-hooded jacket. Tyga, Kylie Jenner and Madonna were seated in the front row when Meeks walked the runway.
Meeks became famous in June of 2014 after he was arrested on gun and gang-related charges. When his mugshot was posted on the Stockton, California, police department’s website, women (and men) swooned, and Meeks became an overnight global obsession.
According to Jim Jordan, a modeling agent at White Cross Management in Los Angeles, his phone had been ringing off the hook with offers from the world’s “top five designers,” as well as TV producers, though he declined to say which ones.
When his mugshot went viral, speculation was rampant about whether or not Meeks, famous for his arresting eyes and tear-drop tattoo, would score a lucrative modeling contract. His mugshot was even photoshopped into several memes resembling ad campaigns for Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss.
Meeks was released from prison in March of 2016.
See him on the NYFW runway here:
