Felon with the attractive mugshot hires modeling agent

[davidn3600]

The felon whose mug shot earned him hoards of admirers has secured a Hollywood agent who is negotiating modeling contracts even though he is still in jail.

Jeremy Meeks was arrested as part of a sweep of gangs in Stockton, California, and faces a felony weapons charge.

His mug shot went viral after being posted by the police department's Facebook page and has now apparently caught the attention of an agent.

Gina Rodriguez has signed Meeks, 30, as a client and he joins a roster of her other notorious celebrities.

Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, Donald Sterling's alleged former mistress V. Stiviano and 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman are among Rodriguez's other clients.

https://gma.yahoo.com/hot-mug-shot-felon-signs-agent-modeling-contracts-001204845--abc-news-topstories.html

I guess crime can pay.

[Jenoch]

1. If he is able to be a model during the next ten years

then either the prosecutor did not do his job too well.

[riderinthestorm]

2. Best case scenario this lifts him out of a life of crime?

The guy has the right "look" and certainly is attractive.

Good luck to him and stay off the streets

[JI7]

7. i don't find him attractive at all

but i can see how he is considered attractive in that pic . but it's one of those looks which never appealed to me. it reminds me of a lot of those fashion mag ads .

[riderinthestorm]

11. You and I don't matter in this. Fashion rules

We see a thug. Fashion sees the next big thing.

Frankly its not about us but maybe (a long shot at best), a way out for this guy.

I can hope for him...

[Xipe Totec]

15. The next Zoolander. nt

[steve2470]

3. then I read his agent started getting death threats from gang members....

I'll have to look it up.

http://perezhilton.com/2014-06-29-jeremy-meeks-felon-lawyer-threatened-gangs

also on CNN.

[msongs]

4. shows us how many women really like this kind of guy and his behavior nt

[JI7]

5. how does this show anything ? do you think Kardashian or Honey Boo Boo show what most

people like and want ?

[geek tragedy]

8. How many men voted for Sarah Palin? nt

[davidn3600]

9. Are you saying there are men who voted for Sarah Palin because of her looks?

[giftedgirl77]

10. Well it certainly wasn't bc of her brain..

[riderinthestorm]

12. .

Yup. I'll say it. Sure it was about her looks. MILF and all

[geek tragedy]

13. Are you serious?

http://www.alternet.org/story/105359/the_real_story_behind_how_mccain_chose_sarah_palin

JM: That's right, yeah. And, I mean, and it is interesting, there was not that much competition, if you're looking through the Republican Party for female figures from the far right. I mean, Palin, you know, she barely had any experience at all, and even in statewide office at this point. She'd just been governor for a couple months. But there weren't that many people to pick from. So her resume, her biography, is what really caught these guys' eyes.

And, you know, they're sort of going down a checklist. They're looking far-right politics, female, and then attractive. And one of the things that all of the Republican political pundits who came through the governor's mansion were -- it was funny to interview them. They were just smitten by her. They described her wearing high heels and saying, "Hi, I'm Sarah," and introducing herself charmingly. And they talked, almost to a man, how gorgeous she was. They called her a "honey." Bill Kristol called her "my heartthrob." I mean, they sounded like guys with schoolboy crushes, practically.

[davidn3600]

17. 99.9% of those people would have voted McCain no matter who he picked

If Palin wasn't picked, are you saying Obama's vote total would have been higher?

[geek tragedy]

18. Some people voted against her because

she 's a vapid , shameless, unaccomplished demagogue.

[mwrguy]

19. Some of us guys like him too

He's hot.

[quinnox]

6. I wish him well, maybe he finally realized he has a "talent", of being born with excellent genetics

I'm serious, it would be cool if he could lift himself out of the life of crime he was on by this twist of fate.

[Iggo]

14. Good.

I hope he turns his life around.

[LuvNewcastle]

16. If word gets around prison about this guy, and I'm sure it will,

some other prisoner or some guard will slash his face or something. That's the kind of shit that happens in there. I'll be rather surprised if he makes it out of there looking like that, provided that he's convicted, of course.