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Albert Reed Profile |
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Birth Date: March 6, 1985
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Birth Place: Miami, Florida, USA
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Birth Name: Albert Reed
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Biography |
Albert Reed was born in South Miami Hospital on March 6,
1985.
He spent his youth in a middle-class Miami neighborhood with
a supportive family. Although all was well at home, Miami
was changing into an unsafe place. The schools were becoming
overpopulated with gangs, causing confrontations and
distractions for Albert. Although he maintained good grades
and kept himself busy with sports and his passion for art,
Albert’s family decided that it was best to leave Miami and
move in 1998 to a more secure area of Florida, Vero Beach.
Here the schools were the best in the state, and of course,
Albert was able to fulfill his desire to surf everyday - a
dream come true. He was immediately able to fit in with
others who shared the surfer culture, making close friends
and living a casual life filled with surf wax, surf boards
and chasing swells up and down the coast.
Living this lifestyle, Albert couldn’t help but be thrust
into competitive surfing. Although he frequently succeeded
in these contests, the aggressive nature did not coincide
with the purity that Albert felt surfing was intended for.
For this reason, he stopped participating in competitions.
Albert was a soul surfer, and he became indulged in the idea
of big wave riding...chasing down every hurricane and never
stepping down to sizeable waves.
Meanwhile, in Vero Beach Albert was working in a five star
restaurant waiting tables. Between working he would
frequently take trips back to Miami, and it was here that
modeling fell into his lap. When a friend asked Albert to
accompany her to a modeling agency, he thought nothing of
it. Little did he know that the Miami agency would
immediately see potential in the young surfer and offer him
a modeling contract. With focus on finishing school, he
modeled only part-time, booking odd-end jobs for extra
money.
In graduating high school in 2003, he found himself
overwhelmed with the desire to become something more. He
moved back to Miami to pursue modeling and PR work in clubs.
After living there for four months, Albert realized that the
atmosphere of Miami was unhealthy and hindered his personal
growth. Therefore when a series of modeling jobs were
offered to Albert in Europe, he didn’t hesitate to take
advantage of the opportunity to travel. He started in Greece
and Italy, where he lived for about six months, experiencing
what other countries had to offer. While working hard
between castings and jobs in Europe, he returned to the
states for jobs such as the fall Abercrombie & Fitch shoot.
Albert has now settled down in New York, where his modeling
career continues to flourish. He’s expanded his interests to
acting and a possible music career -writing songs and
recording music with his band. A self-proclaimed free
spirit, Albert won’t stop working his hardest until he’s
accomplished his goals. By the way things look right now,
that shouldn’t take too long. |
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