Former IMTA Model of the Year in Movie Event of the Summer!

Josh Duhamel reprises his role as Captain Lennox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Now playing nationwide and in IMAX, it opened at midnight last night and it already took in 16 million dollars! It's the biggest opening ever for a Wednesday night opening at midnight!

Josh competed at IMTA in New York in 1997 and won Male Model of the Year! Model of the Year is awarded to the Model who has the highest composite score from the IMTA Competitions including Runway, Jeans, TV Beauty Commercial, and Fashion Print. Josh edged out fellow competitor Ashton Kutcher to win the big prize! E!'s Model TV shot an episode featuring IMTA that year and you can see Josh and Ashton competing at IMTA for yourself right here on That IMTA Blog!



Josh signed with L.A. Models who saw him when they were judging and scouting at IMTA. He modeled in L.A., San Francisco and Milan. He soon branched out into acting and landed the title role in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Josh was next cast as Leo du Pres on ABC's daytime drama, All My Children. During his three years on the show, Josh became an audience and critic favorite, and was awarded a Daytime Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in 2002.

Josh starred as Danny McCoy in NBC's hit Las Vegas during its five season run. Josh has also starred in the feature films, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Turistas and of course, the original smash hit Transformers. Josh will be seen in the 2010 release of the feature film, When in Rome.

Be sure to catch Josh in his latest role and the blockbuster summer hit Transformers 2!

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Breaking News! Branden Rickman Wins Make Me A Supermodel!!

IMTA alum Branden Rickman won Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel! He's the first male model to win it all! Branden wins a one year contract with New York Model Management, a $100,000 Maybelline New York contract and a fashion pictorial in Cosmopolitan magazine! The Season Finale aired on Bravo last night!

Bravo scouted for models at the 2008 New York IMTA and chose two IMTA alumni for Season Two of their hit series Make Me a Supermodel. C.J. Kirkham was eliminated in Episode 5 but Branden successfully met all the challenges to win the top prize! Branden did very well at IMTA, winning 3rd Runner Up for IMTA's award for Male Model of the Year. Model of the Year is a composite award for the model whose scores are the highest from competitions such as Runway, Swimwear, Fashion Print. The judges for the IMTA Competitions are agents, managers and scouts who are looking for fresh faces to represent.

Branden is from Oregon where he was scouted and trained by Teresa Pollman, Rickman's agent and President of Image Modeling Development in Medford. Teresa took Rickman to the International Modeling and Talent Association Convention in New York. "Everybody and anybody who's important in the business is there," Teresa said. "It was great exposure for him." The entire article is available on the Mail Tribune's site. To learn more about IMTA, please visit the IMTA official site.

Check out Branden's Supermodel potential for yourself in this clip of Branden on the Runway from the Season Finale episode of Make Me a Supermodel! right here on THAT IMTA BLOG!

Micheal Fulfree Milan Fashion Week Model!

Michael Fulfree
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN MENSWEAR COLLECTION
Milan, Italy

Check out these amazing shots of IMTA alum model Michael Fulfree! Michael is currently in Milan with Major Models for Men's Fashion week. The shots are from the famed British designer Alexander McQueen's Autumn/Winter 2009/2010 Menswear Collection unveiled in Milan, Italy this week. Michael will also be in the February Italian Vogue!

Michael competed at IMTA in 2008. He won Male Model of the Year and signed with Next Model Management. He shot a campaign for Frank Murillo and landed a Ralph Lauren Polo campaign.

Josh Duhamel's Star is Shining Bright in the Premiere of Las Vegas!!

Josh Duhamel stars in NBC's sizzling drama series Las Vegas on Friday Septmeber 28th. Las Vegas will start its 5th season with a big bang - a special two hour episode called A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Sandwich/Shrink Rap. Josh stars as Detective Danny McCoy, the central character in the Las Vegas casino security team. In this gripping episode, viewers and fans will find out which character will not be returning. Following the premiere, NBC.com will host a live blog chat with the show's creator Gary Scott Thompson and Josh where people can ask them questions live from at 11pm est/8pm pst.

Josh dazzled the judges with his star qualities as well, winning Male Model of the Year at IMTA in 1997. He competed against another very high profile IMTA alumn that year, Ashton Kutcher!

After IMTA, Duhamel landed his first acting job playing the title character in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, and he soon began acting on All My Children playing a role that won him a Daytime Emmy in 2002. Josh left daytime tv for his breakthrough role on the hit series Las Vegas. He starred in Michael Bay's Transformers: The Movie which was the 2007 summer movie of the year! This exciting action-packed movie has Josh playing the part of Captain John Lennox and in it he helped save the world! For a sneak peak at the upcoming show or to catch a missed episode visit Las Vegas' official website and remember to tune in this Friday night to see what happens to Josh and his team!

Jordan Hempstead's Fabulous New Photo!

Check out this gorgeous new photo of Jordan Hempstead, who won Male Model of the Year and Most Sought After Male at July 2006 IMTA New York convention. He signed with Major Model Management which has locations in both New York and Milan and with LA Models in Los Angeles. He booked the New York fashion week show for DDC Lab and was recently seen in an episode of MTV’s The Hills, and shot for IO Donna Magazine. Jordan shared his thoughts about IMTA saying "This IMTA week has been a great experience and I hope we all make something of ourselves." Stay tuned as we expect to see a lot more of Jordan in the modeling world in the future.

Josh Duhamel on the cover of Best Life Magazine!

The July issue of Best Life Magazine is on newsstands now and IMTA alum Josh Duhamel is on the cover. In the magazine, Josh talks about his life, career and girlfriend, Fergie. In the interview, he says "It always feels like I have to prove myself to be more than what people think they see. That's part of what I'm fighting right now. People don't know what you're capable of until you actually do it." We're all about to see what Josh can do as he stars in one of summer's most anticipated blockbuster movies. Transformers: The Movie will be in wide release on July 3rd. Josh plays the role of Captain Lennox in the action-packed event movie.

Josh is an alum from the New York, New York 1997 IMTA Convention where he competed and won the title of Male Model of the Year. Male Model of the Year is an award given to the model who earns the top composite score in the IMTA modeling competitions (Runway, Swimwear, Jeans, Fashion Print, TV Beauty Commercial). Since then, Josh was cast as Leo du Pres on the daytime drama All My Children for three seasons. He has been starring in the hit drama Las Vegas, which will return in the Fall on NBC for its sixth season.

Josh Duhamel's upcoming summer film is offering online extras!

IMTA alum Josh Duhamel's upcoming feature film Transformers The Movie is offering new wallpapers for download on the official site! This greatly-anticipated film is being wide-released July 4th weekend! Josh plays Captain Lennox in the film. You may know Josh as Danny McCoy on the hit NBC series Las Vegas which is now in its fifth season .

Josh Duhamel was the IMTA New York 1997 Male Model of the Year, narrowly beating Ashton Kutcher for the title (who won the title of Most Sought After Male Model). Josh is not only talented and gorgeous but he has a great sense of humor and is a truly nice guy! He is going to be a big hit this summer!