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Nigerian homeless Sleeping Under Bridge in Lagos Turns Model after Being Spotted by Photographer

Identified as Afolabi Lagos, the creative left social media users stunned after he narrated his encounter with Ali and how he agreed to model for a shoot.

In the post, Afolabi revealed that while waiting for his model to show up for a shoot, he found Ali sleeping under a bridge and decided to get him to model instead.

A dark skin man with just the right attitude, Ali wowed the designer who stated that he was born to model.

Afolabi wrote:

"I had a shoot today at ikeja, while were waiting for the model to arrive,we decided to meet with a guy(ALI) who was sleeping under the bridge to model for us . I would like to believe that Ali was born for this . His pose , his body structure and his skin tone was perfect. Ali is born for thisFireFire. Look at his face and pose . Everything came easy with him today. I made the outfit also."

See how social media users are reacting to the post:

@SweetTeaCurls:

"Wow... He is stunning."


@moyosore04:

"Man's looking like he shot a scene last summer with Daniel kaluya."


@OmideyiOlaide:

"That scowl on his face and natural disinterest is the classic Agbero or street boy's look. He didn't have to practice it. His guys will be over the moon now with happiness. I am sure they are already telling him 'Ali, ma gbagbe awon tie o, konjeun lo ko de fi le awon boys o, Agba"


@Dan_Arewa__:

"Men he just did it the right way Fire please help in shaping his story of life."


@iam_yommkay:

"You sure say this one no be model for him first life ..Omo Naija just dey shatter dreams."


@YusuffAzeez10:

"Trust me, Ali's life changing moment is here. Na so GOD take dey change person condition."




Shortly after the post went viral, Afolabi went back to the place he met Ali to tell him how well his photos were received on social media.

He wrote: "I just meet with Ali right now and we are having a good chat about his pictures and the love he’s getting . So excited for the things that are to come for him . It’s a blessing ."

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