Edilson Nascimento

uva e Banana

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Uva e Banana, from the Elian Gallardo Model portfolio, photographed by Renato Filho

Behind the scenes with photographer Renato Filho (Brazil)

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Behind the scenes at a photohoot with photographer Renato Filho (Brazil)

Lense of Renato Filho (Brazil)

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Lense of Renato Filho (Brazil)

Video

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Video Montages

Edilson Nascimento has become an overnight sensation on YouTube and Dailymotion, here his fans have created slideshow montages of his photos and set them to music. It is also in these fan-made videos that he has been given the enviable title of "Dream Boy". Here are a few of the best ones; you will find many more by going to YouTube or Daily Motion and typing "Edilson Nascimento" into the search field.

This video clip is from Edilson's photo shoot in New York City for the Brazilian magazine Junior (#5, June 2008).

"Behind the scenes with Edilson Nascimento". This is another take from the photo shoot in New York for Junior magazine.

And here's a third video clip from the same photoshoot in Manhattan for Junior magazine.

This video clip, called "Taking Man to the Next Level", was taken at Malibu Beach (Los Angeles, California) for Vision Model Management.

This clip, called "Edilson @ International Jock", was filmed in Los Angeles as Edilson was modeling swimwear and underwear for the online retailer of menswear.

Called simply "Edilson Nascimento", this was the first video of Edilson to appear on YouTube, created by a fan in France. With more than a quarter of a million hits in less than six months, it has been an essential part of Edilson's skyrocketing worldwide popularity.

Titled "Dreamboy Edilson Nascimento: As Beautiful as an Angel...", this video celebrates Edilson's beauty and sensuality in a photo montage of shots taken for his modeling agencies in Brazil and New York.

"Dreamboy Edilson Nascimento Photo Shoot", a behind-the-scenes look at a photo shoot in Brazil with photographer Renato Filho for Elian Gallardo Model Agency.

Titled "Dreamboy Edilson Nascimento: The Most Beautiful Man on Earth", this video is a montage of some of Edilson's best closeups, from his Brazilian and New York agencies.

Titled "Edilson Nascimento - Dreamboy - Now and Forever", this is a dreamy, romantic montage of photos from Edilson's first photo sessions in New York in February 2008, when he first arrived in the United States.

Here's the Making of video of the Complete Edilson Nascimento as Terra's The Boy.

Portfolios

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Here several portfolios by Edilson Nascimento. Please click on the links below:-

São Paulo Fashion Week, June 2008: for the Spring-Summer 2009 line of Rosa Chá swimwear

Out magazine (USA): Edilson and friends in photo essay "The pickup game: A long afternoon in the park" by photographer Stewart Shining

Junior magazine (Brazil), photography by Marcelo Krasilcic

M Mensuel magazine (France), photography by Troy Phillips and Akimitsu Sudoi

Genre magazine (USA), photography by Rick Day

Têtu magazine (France); photography by Gregory Vaughan

Ohlala magazine (USA); photography by Michael Tammaro

Vision Model Management portfolio

Major Model Management portfolio

International Jock - Calvin Klein

International Jock - Diesel

International Jock - Gregio Perla

International Jock - Swinwear JM & Tulio

Lense of Renato Filho (Brazil)

Behind the scenes at a photohoot with photographer Renato Filho (Brazil)

Uva e Banana, from the Elian Gallardo Model portfolio, photographed by Renato Filho

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Poster

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International Jock - Swimwear JM and Tulio

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International Jock - Swimwear JM and Tulio

International Jock - Gregio Perla

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International Jock - Gregio Perla

International Jock - Diesel

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International Jock - Diesel

International Jock - Calvin Klein

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International Jock - Calvin Klein

Major Model Management

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Major Model Management portfolio

Vision Model Management

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Vision Model Management portfolio

Ohlala magazine

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Ohlala magazine (USA); photography by Michael Tammaro

Têtu magazine

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Têtu magazine (France); photography by Gregory Vaughan

Genre magazine

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Genre magazine (USA), photography by Rick Day

M Mensuel magazine

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M Mensuel magazine (France), photography by Troy Phillips and Akimitsu Sudoi

Junior magazine

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Junior magazine (Brazil), photography by Marcelo Krasilcic

Runaway

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São Paulo Fashion Week, June 2008: for the Spring-Summer 2009 line of Rosa Chá swimwear

Out magazine

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Out magazine (USA): Edilson and friends in photo essay "The pickup game: A long afternoon in the park" by photographer Stewart Shining

Interviews

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All My Treasures

I'm a simple guy. I like staying with my friends and to help people always when it's possible. I like taking care of my body, because I need to keep fit to work. I do like to play sports, as judo and jiu-jitsu.

By the way, I'm black belt in judo. I love my hometown, João Pessoa

There is the place where I've grown up and there are all my treasures… They're my family and friends. I like modeling. It's a different thing that I don't know how to explain. When I turn back to Brazil (wonderful country), I want to do a theatre course and be an actor, cause I do admire that job too.

From Judo to Model

I'd never imagined to be model, since the day that Elian Gallardo, my agent until now, saw me in a judo competition. Actually, I don't know what he had saw in me… I was completely different from what I am now (laugh). I was sixteen when I started to model. I stopped for a while, when I changed a little bit. I've improved my fit, got maturity and turned back to model since a year ago. Today I'm in NY, where I had never imagined to be. Sometimes, I stop a little and think if it's really true… (laugh)

Seeking Perfection

The fashion world is a place totally different from the world that most people live.There are different behaviours, different forms of ommunications, where people live searching for perfection. I don't consider myself glamorous, as I've said before I'm a simple guy, I have normal habits day by day. I'm a little bit vain. Today it's usual a vain man. It isn't only model characteristic.

Dreams!

I haven't achieved my purposes yet, I think the purpose from every model is to work for huge fashion campaigns to brands like Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior, Armani. So I'm not different from them. I dream to do all these important works too.

Acting is Next

I want to build up a solid career as model, who knows starring in huge campaigns, which is my main purpose and for what I'm working now.

As I've told before, when I turn back to Brazil I'll try a career as actor and who knows starring an American movie… (laugh)

Getting Comfortable

I like getting comfortable when I wear clothes from a famous brand or not.I really like the jeans from Diesel, D&G and Osklen (a Brazilian brand)and I wear tennis shoes from All Star every time (laugh). I think everybody use All Star… (laugh).

Greatest Needs

God: He never fails and He loves me as I am.

Family: Cause they are my heaven.

Friends: You need someone to share your secrets.

Work: Everybody needs.

A great love: Everybody needs a great love to be completely happy.

Positive, Of Course!

I'm absolutely optimist. I do believe that God reserves for us something better forward. He transforms rocks from our way in degrees so we can climb step by step, each time higher and so carry through our dreams. In each thing there is a purpose.

Positive, of course! I don't have any prejudice by the skin color or by the sexual option of each one, but I think it misses a lot for us to live in a better world. What we can fell and see with spiritual eyes is that doesn't exist evolved humanity.

Actually, we can observe that we get out from a perfect principle to a state each time more imperfect. This is human reality. My dream is easy: I want to fulfill in my job, build up a family, have two sons and have the possibility of making them really happy.

Follow Your Dreams

Thanks to you and i enjoyed the interview...a message...keep following your dreams and never give up on them ...my future projects are as i told keep my career and became a great model.

Edilson Nascimento

Statistics

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Height: 5'11"
Waist: 31"
Suit: 40 regular
Inseam: 32"
Shoes: 10
Eyes: brown
Hair: dark brown
Altura: 1.80m
Manequim: 40
Sapatos: 40
Tórax: 94
Camisa: 03
Terno: 48

Biography

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Edílson Nascimento (full name: Edílson do Nascimento Azevedo) was born on April 1, 1986 to a family of modest means in the northeastern state of Paraíba, Brazil. He grew up in the state capital, João Pessoa, in the Mangabeira neighborhood. From a very young age he loved sports, particularly the martial arts. He learned judo and eventually earned the highly coveted black belt. It was at a judo competition where Elian Gallardo, owner of Elian Gallardo Model agency in the city of Recife (capital of Pernambuco state), spotted him and immediately recognized his potential as a model. Elian approached Edílson and invited him to sign with his agency.

At age 16, Edilson took his first steps as a model during Paraíba Fashion Week, earning praise from the media. Due to the time he was dedicating to judo competitions, he withdrew from modeling for a while. However, destiny had singled him out for a modeling career and Elian Gallardo found him again some time later by searching internet sites and personal blogs and discovered that Edilson had entered a modeling contest in João Pessoa. Elian wasted no time; he went immediately to João Pessoa to find Edílson, and discovered that he was earning a living delivering mineral water to clients by motorcycle. The two renewed their acquaintance over lunch and that very day, Edílson's career as a model actually began. His first appearance was at a women's fashion show at Santa Contemporânea department store in João Pessoa; Edílson kicked off the fashion parade wearing only a Speedo and the women in the audience went wild. His career has blossomed ever since. He has participated in fashion shows and other events, and has modeled clothes for major labels in his hometown. He competed in the Mr. Brazil 2007 contest; he didn't win the title but the other contestants voted him the title of "Mr. Simpatia" ("Mr. Congeniality"), a well-deserved tribute to his warm, friendly, easy-going personality.

Soon thereafter, Elian Gallardo Model launched a new section of its website called "Uva e Banana" ("Grape and Banana", featuring sensual photography of the agency's models) and Edílson was the first model to be photographed for this site. As soon as these photos were posted on the EG Model site, they rocketed around the world via internet and were posted on innumerable sites and blogs (you will find these photos in the Portfolios section of this website). Edílson became an overnight sensation on the internet and was soon spotted by professional photographers and modeling agencies in the United States, including the Steven Klein Studio and Major Model Management, who immediately recognized his potential and invited him to New York in February 2008. He signed with Major Model Management and has since signed with Vision Model Management in Los Angeles. He is currently working in the United States.

Edílson has also become quite a sensation on YouTube, where fans have posted video homages to him (you will find some of them in the Video Gallery of this website) and have bestowed on him the enviable title of "Dream Boy". The meteoric rise of Edílson Nascimento's career is just the beginning. Stay tuned!

Edilson Nascimento

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