Harry Jowsey made his actuality TV debut on Heartbreak Island however hit it massive after showing on Netflix’s Too Scorching to Deal with. At this time, he’s wildly profitable on Instagram with 3.9 million followers. However earlier than he turned a actuality TV star, Jowsey was a mannequin — or, quite, he mentioned he was a mannequin. He obtained scammed by a faux modeling company.
Harry Jowsey reveals he wasn’t truly a mannequin earlier than ‘Heartbreak Island’ and ‘Too Hot to Handle’
In a latest interview with Jason Tartick on the Expensive Media podcast Trading Secrets, Jowsey revealed his occupation as a mannequin was “the biggest lie I’ve ever come out with.”
“I was at university and I hated it,” he defined. “I hated it so much. And I’m like, you know, I’m gonna try and be a model, like, I’m skinny, I can figure it out, walk a runway or something. And then I hit up this modeling agency that was in like a city that wasn’t too far from me. So I flew down there. They ended up charging me like a $800 sign-up fee and then $500 for like a photoshoot. And I was like, ‘Damn, I don’t really feel like this is how it works.’”
Jowsey utilized ‘for literally every single modeling agency’
Prior to his time on actuality TV, Jowsey was hellbent on turning into a mannequin.
“I was applying for literally every single modeling agency,” he mentioned. “I didn’t have any photos, I didn’t have any professional photos done. And one agency was literally just taking on every single person and their dog. And I was like, ‘Damn, maybe I should just start with this agency.’ Because I didn’t really understand what success meant in that industry. So maybe if I join this team that’s growing so quick, that’s a good sign. And I joined on and did literally nothing just to have a spot on the website.”
Jowsey by no means did get any actual modeling work from his time with that individual “agency.” He did fake to do a Tommy Hilfiger marketing campaign, although.
“I flew to a different city and got this really expensive photographer to take photos of me in Tommy Hilfiger undies,” he mentioned. “So I posted it and tagged Tommy like it was a sponsored post. Like I was doing a shoot for that.”
However, “I never was a model,” he admits. “I was too tall. After I signed up they told me I was living too far away when it was only like an hour flight. And all this stuff, so I was just like, ‘This isn’t meant for me.’ But I’m not really much of a model, that’s for sure.”
Jowsey’s recommendation for individuals struggling at college, like he was
Before Jowsey appeared on Heartbreak Island, he was working three jobs and simply attempting to get by whereas going to college.
“I was very fortunate that my family helped my housing situation,” he mentioned. “But I was putting all my money and my time into trying to get through university because it was my dad’s biggest goal to have his son go through university. But by the time I went on Heartbreak Island I was pretty dead broke. I wasn’t really doing too well financially.”
Tartick requested Jowsey what he’d inform people who find themselves torn about going to faculty.
“I’d tell them to go travel,” mentioned Jowsey. “Travel the world. Save as much money as you can and go and figure out how you are as a person.”
That’s what he did. Jowsey went on to say that his brother went to college to grow to be and engineer and ended up hating the sphere after graduating. Jowsey suggests younger individuals work out what they need to do earlier than investing at school, if that’s the trail they select. Throughout his travels, Jowsey determined he didn’t need to work for anybody ever once more.
“It depends on the person and how you receive information,” he mentioned. “But university isn’t for everyone.”