In 1985, I saw Tony in a blue magazine called In Touch. I knew he was a star. He had animal magnetism that transcended gender. I booked him immediately, and he was the model for the first photo I’d ever taken. At the time, I was styling for Herb Ritts, so I took a few Polaroids to show him and he said ‘I don’t know, Rick. He’s like, I don’t know what. He’s not my type, I don’t like his nose.’ ‘What do you mean?’ I exploded. ‘His nose is Romanesque. It’s like a second dick. He’s the world’s type!’ Tony Ward is the longest working male model, so I think my instincts were correct.”
— Fetish photographer Rick Castro discussing his discovery of Tony Ward, who’d eventually date Madonna and costar in her “Justify My Love” video as well as the gay film Hustler White, in an interview with Dazed
VampDC
I love a man with a Roman nose.* <3
Different then a jewish shnoz.
Tackle
Not tryimg to throw shade here, but was Tony really ever a top model? And would not his height , 5’8 maybe even shorter, have hindered him somewhat from becoming the male verison of Kate Moss.
And I had a book of top male models from the 80s, and used to follow who was tops in the 90s. Tony’s name was never in the top 10.
ingyaom
“Top model”? Never heard of this guy. And could you even be a top model with those disfiguring tattoos?
Desert Boy
Love a man with a pronounced nose. Never liked men with pixie noses.
slippy
@ingyaom: Tony Ward as you say isn’t a “top model” he’s a fkn LEGEND ans had been a legend going on over twenty years now.