Independent, vibrant, shocking - this is how they know Jay Manuel in America and in many other countries. He is not only a stylist and makeup artist, he is also invited as a TV presenter and showman in various programs. He also takes great pictures, and his photographs can be seen in popular magazines.
What makes this makeup artist different from others of the same kind? Many of the stars that Manuel “dresses” would say that he is distinguished by his creativity and ability to grasp the essence of a person and pick up an outfit for him according to his inner needs at the moment. And it is worth a lot and much appreciated.
Biography
The future creative designer was born in 1972 in Springfield, Illinois. So much blood was gathered in him that his nationality was incredibly difficult to determine: Jay's father had Canadian and Malaysian ancestors, his mother had Italian and Czech. Perhaps this rich mixture contributed to the development of such an extraordinary personality.
However, from two years old, Jay was brought up by foster parents, and he received school education in Canada, in Toronto. He graduated from a prestigious private school, where they gave good knowledge. At that time, he showed a talent for singing, and the boy began to dream of a career as an opera singer.
Jay had a sister, and she loved to dress up. The boy first watched her from the side, and then began to take part in her dressing. Gradually, he became so carried away that he began to pick out her outfits, to make some details from improvised materials. Probably, at that moment the love for the profession of a makeup artist was born in him.
In order to compare one outfit with another, Manuel started taking photoshoots with his sister and then studied these pictures, compared and thought what he would do next time.
Jay did not take his hobby seriously and was about to get a doctor’s qualification. His father was devoted to this profession, and the boy wanted to follow in his footsteps. Therefore, two desires fought in it: to become an opera singer and to please the audience with their art or to become a doctor and save people from ailments. However, he himself was overtaken by a disease: he began to develop joint pathology, and quite quickly. It came to the point that Jay was in a wheelchair.
For three long years, the young man struggled with the disease and defeated it. This time was not in vain: he began to seriously engage in design and makeup. He had plenty of time, and he was constantly busy studying the style, color combinations and other things necessary for a fashion designer.
He began to draw his models, create different image solutions and was able to declare himself as an unusual makeup artist.
Stylist's career
In 2001, he created the style for the famous Pavarotti, or rather, for his clip. Manuel coped with this task perfectly, and this was his first success as a makeup artist. And this made him popular with many celebrities - they also wanted such stylish clips for themselves. And also many invited him as a personal stylist.
At various times, Naomi Campbell, Garcel Beauvais, Vanessa Williams, Patti Labelle, Rosario Dawson, Pink, David Bowie, Jennifer Lopez and many others used his services. They spoke of his work as something unusual and very stylish. As if Manuel guesses the hidden desires of the client, about which he himself has not yet guessed. This is the level of high professionalism.
So make-up became a profession, and Jay became famous: he began to be invited to television shows, to various fashion shows. And every time he appeared on the screen, the rating of projects increased many times.
The most popular show featuring Jay Manuel was the Top American Model project. Its author is TV presenter Tyra Banks, who also became a regular client of her co-host. The charming duet of Jay and Tara attracts a large number of viewers interested in fashion and creativity of Manuel. Here he talks about new fashion trends, about his plans and those innovations that he planned to bring to the public in the near future. The program takes place in a relaxed atmosphere, there is a lot of humor and fun, as well as everything is very beautiful and modern.
In Canada, they created an analogue of this program, which also invited Manuel. As soon as he began to appear in the studio, the transfer rating steadily went up, and she became several times more popular in a short time.
After that, he was invited to conduct two more programs: Fashion Police and Make Celebrity. As a guest presenter, he participates in many television projects, which also have high ratings.
