Matthew Blanco/Special to TRTMarvin Cortes was working as a cashier at Zara when the casting director at _America’s Next Top Model_ invited him to audition for the show’s 20th season.
He would go on to win runner-up in the competition.“That fateful meeting led to so many opportunities,” he reflects today.It sure did.
After the show, Marvin was whisked to New York, Los Angeles, and Australia for photoshoots with world-class brands like Hugo Boss, Givenchy, Coca-Cola, Sears, and Samsung.