50 facts about photographer Nigel Barker

50 things you didn't know about TV show personality, noted fashion photographer, author, spokesperson, filmmaker, and former model Nigel Barker.

1. Nigel Barker is an English reality TV show personality, noted fashion photographer, author, spokesperson, filmmaker, and former model.

2. Nigel Barker is best known for his participation as a judge and photographer on the reality show America's Next Top Model.

3. Nigel Barker is also the host of reality show The Face.

4. Nigel Barker was born in London.

5. His father is of Irish and Portuguese descent.

6. His mother is of Sri Lankan ancestry.

7. His mother was a former Miss Sri Lanka.

8. Nigel Barker's mother played a significant role in forming his respect for the modeling profession as he grew up.

9. Nigel Barker grew up in a family with five siblings from a total of three marriages, and lived there until the age of eighteen.

10. Nigel Barker attended Bryanston School, a boarding school.

11. Nigel Barker took his A-levels in biology, chemistry, and physics at Bryanston School.

12. Nigel Barker planned on continuing his studies in medicine, but Barker's mother entered him into a televised model search on The Clothes Show.

13. Nigel Barker wound up being a finalist on the show, which started his modeling career.

14. Nigel Barker modeled for around 10 years in London, Milan, Paris and New York City.

15. As a young model, he observed that the fashion industry was changing - that "models were shrinking and a 6'4" well-built male model was not selling".

16. Nigel Barker being adaptable to change and loving the fashion industry, in 1996, he transitioned himself from model to fashion photographer.

17. Nigel Barker opened his own photo studio, StudioNB, in the now-fashionable Meat Packing District in Manhattan.

18. Nigel Barker's photo credits include GQ, Interview, Lucky, Tatler, Cover, Town & Country, Seventeen, Nicole Miller, Ted Baker, Lands' End, Nine West, Lexus, Leviev, Jordache, Beefeater, Pamella Roland, Ford and Sony.

19. Nigel Barker was a judge for 17 cycles on Tyra Banks' reality show America's Next Top Model.

20. Nigel Barker was also an official judge for the Miss America Pageant in 2007 and Miss Universe Pageant in 2012.

21. Nigel Barker also serves as executive producer for the VH1 photography-based reality contest, The Shot.

22. In February 2013 Nigel Barker became the host of The Face.

23. Nigel Barker made a special appearance as a photographer on the third cycle of Canada's Next Top Model

24. Nigel Barker also made a special appearance in Episode 10 of the first cycle of New Zealand's Next Top Model.

25. Nigel Barker also appeared as guest judge and photographer on the first cycle of Mexico's Next Top Model.

26. Nigel Barker also made a guest appearance on the second cycle of Benelux' Next Top Model.

27. His directorial debut was a highly acclaimed documentary that he also produced called, A Sealed Fate?

28. His next directorial piece was Generation Free and Haiti: Hunger and Hope, which partner with respective charities: The Humane Society of the United States, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Edeyo Foundation, to highlight some of our world's most pressing issues.

29. Additionally, Barker is a celebrity ambassador for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Do Something, The United Nation Foundation's Girl Up initiative

30. Nigel Barker is a campaign shooter for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.

31. Nigel Barker holds spokesperson positions for prominent brands including, Microsoft, Sony, Crest White Strips and Nine West.

32. Nigel Barker also appeared in an ad campaign. Barker appears alongside Justin Timberlake and Peyton Manning in Sony's 2010 national ad campaign.

33. Nigel Barker is not only a photographer and producer. In addition, he has lent his personality to television and feature film cameos, event hosting and presenting.

34. Nigel Barker also appeared as a celebrity judge for the 2008 Miss America Pageant.

35. Nigel Barker had cameo roles on several TV series including, The Young and the Restless, Privileged, Stylista, Style Her Famous and Ugly Betty.

36. Nigel Barker also had a cameo role in the feature film Arthur (2011), with Jennifer Garner, Russell Brand, Nick Nolte and Helen Mirren.

37. Nigel Barker has hosted and presented for many events including 2007, 2008 and 2010 Emmy awards on Fox Broadcasting Company, the 2008 and 2009 Go Green galas in New York City, the Genesis Awards and the 2010 Global Fashion Awards.

38. Nigel Barker published a book on beauty, Nigel Barker's Beauty Equation: Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You, released September 2010, from Abrams Image.

39. Hi book guides the reader through a series of self-portrait and journaling challenges, which help the reader to discover their inner beauty by building confidence and self-esteem and in turn, enhance their outer beauty.

40. In January 2009, Barker opened a photography exhibit, Haiti: Hunger and Hope, at the Milk Gallery in New York City.

41. His work in Haiti earned him a Do Something with Style Award nomination from the VH1 Do Something Awards. The awards show, produced by Vh1, is dedicated to honoring people who do good and is powered by Do Something, an organization that aims to empower, celebrate, and inspire young people.

42. Nigel Barker teamed up with Taylor Swift to shoot a photobook of the young superstar titled 8 hours which made its debut in November 2012.

43. In September 2013 Barker shot Nadia Lacka, Liliane Ferrarezi, Jordan & Zac Stenmark in 'Bedtime Stories' featured in the September issue of Numero Russia.

44. Nigel Barker is married to Cristen Chin, a model and CoverGirl representative since 1999.

45. Nigel Barker and Cristen Chin met in Milan through Cristen's agent.

46. When the couple met for Nigel Barker, it was love at first sight.

47. "That night," Barker explains, "I called my mom and said, 'I've met this girl, and I'm gonna marry her.' The ground moved. As beautiful as she is on the outside, she's also got an incredible heart."

48. The couple resides in New York City.

49. They have two children Jack and Jasmine.

50. Family owns a dog, Memphis.

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