First Male Model to Win “Make Me a Supermodel“
“Thank you for believing in me and helping me along the way. It was a great season. It was a great accomplishment and it was just a great privilege to have and I’m very privileged to have fans like everybody that I’m around. So, thanks to everyone...” – Branden Rickman
IMTA alum Branden Rickman won Bravo's “
Make Me a Supermodel”! He's the first male model to win it all. Branden was awarded a one year contract with New York Model Management, a $100,000 Maybelline New York contract and a fashion pictorial in Cosmopolitan magazine. The Season Finale aired on Bravo on June 3
rd, 2009.
Bravo scouted for models at the 2008 New York IMTA and chose two IMTA alumni for the second season of their hit series “
Make Me a Supermodel.” C.J. Kirkham was eliminated in Episode 5 but Branden successfully met all the challenges to win the top prize! Branden did very well at IMTA, winning 3rd Runner Up for Male Model of the Year. Model of the Year is a composite award for the model whose scores are the highest from competitions such as Runway, Swimwear and Fashion Print. The judges for the IMTA Competitions are agents, managers and scouts who are looking for fresh faces to represent.
Branden is from Oregon where he was scouted and trained by Teresa Pollman, Rickman's agent and President of Image Modeling Development in Medford. Teresa took Rickman to the International Modeling and Talent Association Convention in New York. “Everybody and anybody who's important in the business is there,” Teresa said. “It was great exposure for him.” Branden’s exposure at IMTA led to the attention of Bravo’s “
Make Me a Supermodel” and the rest is Supermodel history!