Independent, bright, shocking - this is how Jay Manuel is known in America and in many other countries. He is not only a stylist and make-up artist, he is also invited as a TV presenter and showman in various programs. He also takes great photographs, and his photographs can be seen in popular magazines.
What makes this makeup artist different from other pros? Many stars that Manuel "dresses" would say that he is distinguished by his creativity and ability to grasp the essence of a person and choose an outfit for him according to his inner need at the moment. And this is expensive and appreciated dearly.
Biography
The future creative designer was born in 1972 in Springfield, Illinois. It has gathered so many different bloods that its nationality is incredibly difficult to determine: Jay's father had Canadian and Malaysian ancestors, his mother had Italian and Czech ancestors. Perhaps this rich mixture contributed to the development of such an extraordinary personality.
However, from the age of two, Jay was brought up by adoptive parents, and he received his 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 sidelines, and then began to take part in her dressing up. Gradually, he got so carried away that he began to select outfits for her himself, to make some details from improvised materials. Probably, at that moment, a love for the profession of a make-up artist arose in him.
In order to compare one outfit with another, Manuel started doing photo shoots with his sister and then studied these pictures, compared and thought what he would do next time.
Jay didn't take his hobby seriously and was about to qualify as a doctor. His father was devoted to this profession, and the boy wanted to follow in his footsteps. Therefore, two desires fought in him: to become an opera singer and delight the audience with his art, or to become a doctor and save people from ailments. However, he himself was overtaken by the disease: he began to develop joint pathology, and rather quickly. It got to the point that Jay was in a wheelchair.
For three long years, the young man fought the disease and defeated it. This time was not in vain: he began to seriously engage in design and make-up. He had plenty of time, and he was constantly busy learning about style, color combinations and other things necessary for a fashion designer.
He began to paint his models, create different image solutions and was able to declare himself as an unusual make-up artist.
Stylist career
In 2001, he created the style for the famous Pavarotti, or rather, for his video. Manuel did an excellent job with this task, 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.
Naomi Campbell, Garcel Bove, Vanessa Williams, Patti Labelle, Rosario Dawson, Pink, David Bowie, Jennifer Lopez and many others used his services at various times. They spoke of his work as something extraordinary and very stylish. As if Manuel guesses the client's hidden desires, which he himself does not yet know about. This is the level of high professionalism.
So make-up became a profession, and Jay became famous: they began to invite him to TV shows, to various fashion programs. And every time he appeared on the screen, the rating of the projects increased many times over.
The most popular show with the participation of Jay Manuel was the project "America's Next Top Model". 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 Manuel's fashion and creativity. 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 broadcast takes place in a relaxed atmosphere, there is a lot of humor and fun, and everything is very beautiful and modern.
In Canada, they created an analogue of this program, where Manuel was also invited. As soon as he started appearing in the studio, the program's rating steadily went up, and it became several times more popular in a short time.
After that, he was invited to host two more programs: "Fashion Police" and "Make a Celebrity." As a guest presenter, he participates in many television projects that also have high ratings.
Personal life
Unfortunately for many girls, Jay is not interested in them - he is openly gay. His partner is Jay Alexander, an American singer and musician. In the nineties and early 2000s, he performed with the Backstreet Boys.
Often, Alexander and Manuel appear together on different talk shows, and they have to answer numerous questions about relationships and living together with each other.
They even had something like an unspoken name: "Mr. and Miss J", and this name seems to be tightly attached to them. They write a lot about them in glossy magazines, and there are different kinds of articles, but Jay and Jay are so used to the attention of the public that you will not embarrass them with any nicknames and other playful tricks.
Because the main interest of the media in relation to Jay Manuel is still purely professional - he is interviewed as a makeup stylist, and not as a gay person.
