Rob Sand, a Democrat who was elected Tuesday to be Iowa’s next governor, once modeled for high-fashion brands, a past career that’s resurfacing after his win.
Mr. Sand, 44, was a college student at Brown University when he began modeling professionally on the side.
The governor-elect graduated from the Ivy League school with a degree in political science and went on to the University of Iowa College of Law.
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His jaunt into high fashion had him walking runways for Prada, Japanese brand Number (N)ine and Giuliano Fujiwara, according to Vogue.
Mr. Sand told Newsweek in 2022 that he missed caucusing opportunities in 2004 because he was in Milan, Italy, working.
He was signed with Elite Model Management, but any connection with the agency has been removed from the company’s online catalog of models.
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