Casting Report: Face of London Runway 2019

CASTING REPORT: FACE OF LONDON RUNWAY 2019

Rhiannon D’Averc reports on the second and final day of casting for the Face of London Runway competition, and introduces your finalists!

We saw a very successful second date of castings for the Face of London Runway 2019 – almost running out of time to get through everyone that had arrived to audition for us before the day was up!

Together with Maxine Griffiths of The Model Workshops London, and photographers Jose Graca and Fil Mazzarino, we sat down to put the hopefuls through their paces. They walked before us, took part in individual and group photo tests, and spoke to us about their ambitions as well as the preparation they had done before arriving to the casting.

Big lesson #1: always do your research before attending a casting

call! Those who had not looked into London Runway or the opportunity at all were singled out easily, and those who had done all of their research – as well as preparing their application photos properly and checking the requirements – already had an advantage before they walked.

By the end of the day, we had narrowed the selected down to a group of semi-finalists, including some who had been called back from our first day of casting. This group now nervously awaited their chance to get into the final...

Their last opportunity to impress us came in the form of a high-stakes photoshoot. Each model was given just 30 seconds to pose in front of the camera, giving us everything they had while their fellow competitors looked on.

From these images, we were able to whittle down the selection once

again to six male and six female finalists. Well, seven male – when it came down to it, there were a couple of entrants who tied in our estimations!

The finalists, who you will see in images over the next pages (and in no particular order), are:

1. Leianda Burke2. Shelby Howard3. Leyre Gomez4. Ophelie Agboton5. Ariunzul Oyunbaatar6. Ruth Ricardo7. Zarishon Rambissoon8. Johnny Cheung9. Lorenzo Luciani10. Soren Paillon11. Lucas Danton12. Michael Barnes13. Jordan Walfall

Photography throughout by Jose Graca and Fil Mazzarino

The winner will be chosen from a combination of our judging scores – and your votes! Head over to our Facebook page at facebook.com/londonrunwaymag to find images of all of our contestants and vote for them by liking their shots. The final stage will be a photoshoot in which all of the finalists will get the chance to give us the perfect headshot. We’ll share those with you in an upcoming issue, and you can watch out for Instagram stories if you want behind the scenes action!

The male and female winners of the Face of London Runway 2019 will receive: an editorial photoshoot with their face on the cover of London Runway; appearances in the magazine throughout 2019; the chance to walk in a runway show; and more special opportunities. Two male and female runners-up will receive the chance to walk in a runway show