Miles Thomas McMillan (born June 27, 1989) is an American model, actor, and painter. In September 2016, he was named the ''Daily Front Row''
's "Model of the Year" at the Fashion Media Awards.
Early life
McMillan was born and raised in
La Jolla, California
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, where his father is a
real estate developer and his mother a
psychologist
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. He would often spend summers at his grandparents' home in
Hawaii.
After graduating from
La Jolla Country Day School in 2007, he moved to New York City to study fine arts and painting,
and received his bachelor's degree of fine arts from
NYU Steinhardt
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.
Career
In the summer of his junior year in college, he was approached by a photographer to shoot for
Urban Outfitters. Not signed by an agency at the time, McMillan took up the offer. During his senior year, he got picked up by an agency. This was the official beginning of his modeling career.
In 2010, McMillan made his debut in the
John Varvatos show in Milan, Italy. The following year, he opened and closed for Varvatos. He also walked for
Alexander McQueen, Dior Homme,
Rick Owens,
Yohji Yamamoto,
Lanvin,
Paul Smith Paul Smith or Paul Smith's may refer to:
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, and others. According to McMillan's
booking agent, he was the most booked male model that year.
Since then, McMillan has worked with photographers
Mert and Marcus for ''
LOVE'' magazine,
Jack Pierson for ''Another'' magazine and ''
Purple'' magazine,
Steven Meisel
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for ''
Vogue Italia'', and
Patrick Demarchelier for ''
Vogue''.
In 2016, he walked for
Tom Ford's F/W 2016 show and closed
Fendi in Milan. He appeared on the cover of the summer edition of the ''
Daily Front Row
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'' magazine. He also appears in
Tommy Hilfiger's fragrance The Girl ad campaign alongside
Gigi Hadid. In late 2017, he was on the Christmas TV commercial spot for
Zalando, alongside
Edie Campbell
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Career
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.
Personal life
McMillan began dating actor
Zachary Quinto in the summer of 2013. In early 2015, the couple moved into a
NoHo apartment in Manhattan that they purchased together. In November 2015 ''
Vogue'' magazine called them "a power couple whose domain extends across the film, fashion, and art scene."
McMillan and Quinto also had a home in
Upstate New York.
McMillan used his time there to paint and take care of their two dogs, Skunk and Rocco.
The relationship ended in early 2019.
McMillan began dating interior designer Trace Lehnhoff in 2020.
Filmography
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:McMillan, Miles
1989 births
Living people
American LGBT artists
LGBT male actors
LGBT models
LGBT people from California
IMG Models models
Male models from California
People from La Jolla, San Diego