- Nationality
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American
- Birth Date
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1986
- Lives Now
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New York, NY
- Status
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Bad boy,
Established
- Known for
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Eyes,
Pout,
Tattoos
- Agencies
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Red
- Dated
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Sofi Berelidze,
Suvi Koponen
- Friends
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Rachel Clark,
Cole Mohr,
Luke Worrall,
Aline Weber,
Wendell Lissimore,
Sean O'Pry,
Josh Beech,
Lyle Lodwick,
Yuri Pleskun
- Interests
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Listening to Every Time I Die and Norma Jean,
Playing music,
Riding bikes,
Skateboarding
Quoted
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“I tend to have a problem with anyone trying to tell me what to do.”
—Pony Ryder
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“Take what you can and don't ever expect favors.”
—Pony Ryder
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“I started modeling under the impression that I wasn't going to do shit. I thought this whole thing was a joke.”
—Pony Ryder
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“Don't take shit from anyone. I think at the end of the people respect you for that.”
—Pony Ryder
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“Be yourself and don't kiss too much ass. Desperation is a sad killer. ”
—Pony Ryder
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“You should never do anything you are not comfortable with doing. At the end of the day you need be concerned about your career end.”
—Pony Ryder
Tyler Riggs's Career Highlights
- 1986
- Born in Tampa, Florida
- 2007
- Signs with Red Models in New York
- 6 DEC, 2007
- Models.com features Riggs as an “exciting new face” Story»
- JAN 2008
- Debuts opening the fall Neil Barrett show in Milan, also walks for Alessandro Dell’Acqua, Gucci, Costume National, Alexander McQueen, and Kenzo in Milan and Paris
- 9 JAN, 2008
- Models.com features Riggs as the model of the week Story»
- FEB 2008
- Gives an interview to Fashion Week Daily during New York Fashion Week and says if not modeling, he would be in school and working at Starbucks Video»
- MAR 2008
- Appears in Wonderland editorial, photographed by Nagi Saki
- 2008
- Appears editorials for the spring issues of V Man and Another Man
- JUN 2008
- Walks the fall Marni, Moschino, Alexander McQueen, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, and Hermès shows in Milan and Paris
- 2008
- Appears in the 10+ Magazine editorial, photographed by Alexei Hay
- 2008
- Becomes the face of Topman, alongside Kate Moss, photographed by Alastair McLellan
- 2008
- Mario Testino photographs Riggs for D&G
- OCT 2008
- Appears in editorials for Details and i-D
- 2008
- David Armstrong photographs Riggs for the fall issue of Another Man
- NOV 2008
- Appears in V editorial, alongside Anna Jagodzinska and Daul Kim, photographed by Steven Meisel
- JAN 2009
- Walks the fall Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Thierry Mugler, Dries Van Noten, and Kenzo shows in Paris
- FEB 2009
- Closes the fall Diesel show in New York, alongside Anna Selezneva
- 26 JUN, 2009
- Forbes ranks Riggs as the world's seventh top male model Story»
- 2009
- Models for Diesel eyewear fall ad campaign
- NOV 2009
- Appears in Japanese Numéro editorial, photographed by David Vasiljevic
- 2010
- Featured on the fall cover of Russian GQ Style, photographed by Gulliver Theis