EACH year, eThekwini Municipality’s Durban Fashion Fair (DFF) hosts an open casting for aspiring Durban models who are not registered with an agency and who reside within the greater eThekwini region, in order to provide them a platform to wear the creations of top local, national and international designers.
One of the new face models from the 2018 intake, Dimitri Kalamoudacos, was among the hopefuls selected. As a young independent marketing consultant and business analyst entrepreneur and owner of a technology start-up company, it may have been odd to find a man like Kalamoudacos at a model casting. His long-time partner saw potential in him and pushed him to attend the casting. Today, he is one of Durban’s fastest growing male models in the industry, thanks to her efforts.
Kalamoudacos underwent an intense model boot camp that prepped the DFF New Faces for the model industry. Shortly after the Durban Fashion Fair which took place in September, he was approached by many brands wanting to work with him and even signed with one of South Africa’s biggest modelling agencies – Boss Models International.
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Within a short period of time Kalamoudacos has achieved what some models, with years of experience, only dream of. He was recently featured on Vogue Italia’s website and has worked with one of the biggest names in Durban’s fashion Industry, Jacqui Emmanuel. He also recently became an ambassador for ‘The Secret Groomers’ who approached him because of his unique look.
In the next five years, he plans on continuing to work hard in the business sphere of his life and has now added a modelling aspect to his weekly routine too.
The wise words he lives by are: “There is no such thing as a self-made millionaire; people need other people to help them succeed. Therefore, always be self-aware, know your strengths and weaknesses, learn how to work well within a team and be able to motivate those around you. Only then will you find success.”
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