Richie Shazam Khan, known artistically as Richie Shazam, is an American model, photographer, and writer.

Career

Modelling

Shazam made her runaway debut for

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. She has walked at

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and

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, and has modelled for

Gypsy Sport Gypsy Sport is an American fashion brand. The company is based in New York City and was founded in 2012 by its creative director Rio Uribe. History Uribe grew up in Koreatown, Los Angeles. After working for Balenciaga, rising to head of merchand ...

, Andreas Kronthaler, MISBHV, Fleur du Mal, and Rachel Comey. She signed with

IMG Models IMG, originally known as the International Management Group, is a global sports, fashion, events and media company headquartered in New York City. The company manages athletes and fashion celebrities; owns, operates and commercially represents ...

in March 2021.

Photography

Shazam has shot for ''

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'' and

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and has had her photography featured in ''

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''. In July 2020, she collaborated with the Copenhagen-based fashion label Ganni to sell two of her photographs, ''Black Trans Lives Matter, NYC 2020'' and ''Self Portrait, NYC 2019.'' All proceeds went to the

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and For the Gworls. She has also sold portraits to support COVID relief efforts in India and NYC.

Television

Shazam co-hosted

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docu-series ''

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'' alongside

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''.''

Personal life

Shazam was born to Guyanese immigrants and raised in

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. He attended middle school and high school in

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and

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, and was often bullied by his peers. His mother died when he was in high school. Shazam majored in international relations at

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

and studied in

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and

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before going on to work at a number of galleries and museums. He is

non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

and feminine-presenting. In 2021, he began a relationship with Ben Draghi.

References

External links

Official Instagram page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shazam, Richie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Queens, New York African-American female models American LGBTQ photographers American LGBTQ models American people of Guyanese descent Non-binary models Non-binary photographers American non-binary artists American non-binary writers Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni