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Richard Elms Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, in March 5th 1969. He studied graphic design Richard Elms, and in 1994 he went on a vacation with his friends to New York. At Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan’s East Village, talent agent Tyron Barrington happened to walk by and quickly spotted the young Bajan. He convinced him to try modelling and a mere three days later, having never modelled before, Elms was on a plane to Miami, booked to shoot a Versace ad campaign and the Calvin Klein One ad campaign with Kate Moss. Since then, Richard has a rich trajectory in the fashion industry as black male model, career he has helped open to many of other younger peers. He was worked for the most recognized fashion photographers such as Bruce Weber, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen Von Unwerth, or Brian Bowen Smith. Travelled the world and walking the runways of all the important designers in the industry of fashion such a Gianni Versace, Donna Karan, Armani, Gucci, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hugo Boss, etc, he moved to Los Angeles to live closer to the beach in a cooler weather. In the entertainment city of stars he began his successful career making commercials while he continued his model trajectory. With his rich experience in front of the cameras, Richard ELms also works behind them as an art director and design producer for short films and commercials such as Cadillac, RAM, etc. He is represented by agencies: LA Models, Direction USA, Heffner Management and John Pierce Agency.

He has a son is Kailo Elms born from his relationship with Paula Correa. Richard married Beatriz Valls, a socially engaged artist and sociologist from Madrid, Spains, with who has a daughter born in 2015 and they all live in Los Angeles, CA.