This is a Global Player original podcast. I knew what I wanted to achieve, and if I wasn't going to

achieve them, I wasn't going to be a great person to be around. You do dedicate yourself. I

missed weddings, birthdays. I was never around. I was on 90 flights a year.

Welcome to Big Fish with me, Spencer Matthews.

Each week I sit down with inspirational people to find out what separates them from the rest.

David Gandhi is one of the most successful male supermodels in the world.

After winning a modelling competition on this morning, age 21,

he became one of the biggest names in the industry

and was an overnight sensation after his famous Dolchingabana

light blue ad campaign.

David's collaboration with M&S has done over £100 million in sales,

and that inspired him to start his own brand.

David, thanks much for joining me.

Thanks for having me, sir.

You are one of the most recognisable faces in male modelling, fashion.

How did it all come about?

It started a housemate of mine at university putting a, put a few photos in of me,

without me knowing, into this morning competition, modelling competition. And I subsequently

sort of won that. And the, I suppose the winners went on to

because there were a few of us they chose out

there was one main winner and a few other guys

from the finalists that went on to have a contract with select model agency

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