Model of the Month | River Viiperi

Major model River Viiperi, also known as River Delfin has made quite the name for him­self in a short moments time since explod­ing on the scene late last year. An edi­to­r­ial stand­out, River exudes a fun, upbeat per­son­al­ity that is rather addic­tive, while also hav­ing struck up quite the alle­giance at Calvin Klein. In the inter­view that fol­lows, the 18-​​year-​​old Span­ish model shares more about him­self and the last cou­ple months of his whirl­wind intro­duc­tion to the hec­tic world of modeling.

Where did you grow up?

River: I was born in Ibiza, but since I was a child I have [trav­eled] from one place to another. In Ibiza, I [lived] for about 6 months, then my fam­ily moved to Madrid. After that, we moved to the Canary Islands, then to Fin­land, and now I have been in Spain for about 10 years.

When did you start modeling?

River: I started mod­el­ing about 6 months ago.

What did you fam­ily and friends think?

River: My mother was a model, so she was happy and excited about it. My father wanted me to keep study­ing but when he saw that my stud­ies weren’t going so well, he under­stood that it wasn’t for me to study. And my friends don’t believe it LOL. But they are happy [for] me and excited.

What was your first shoot?

River: My first shoot was for Hero Mag­a­zine and it was fun. Nice weather because it was sum­mer and the staff were great.

How has your life changed since modeling?

River: The only thing that has changed in my life is that I travel a lot and I don’t get to see my friends and fam­ily as much as I would like.

You have com­pleted a lot of edi­to­r­ial work recently…what is the most memorable?

River: The most mem­o­rable shoot I have done was the shoot for VMAN with Hedi Sli­mane and Nicola Formichetti. Nice duo.

So, how is a model’s life treat­ing you?

River: I love this world, but it’s hard some­times because I have to travel a lot and I miss my fam­ily and friends. But oth­er­wise, it’s a very nice oppor­tu­nity. You meet a lot of great peo­ple, you also meet peo­ple that are not so great but well…nothing is perfect.

What is your day to day sched­ule like?

River: Well my day to day sched­ule has changed com­pletely. I can’t do all the sports I used to do. I wake up, depend­ing if I have work, cast­ings, etc. and when I don’t have any­thing, I just wake up late and think about what to do.

What do you like to do in your free time?

River: I like to watch movies, go bowl­ing, chill [at] home, go shop­ping, do any­thing peo­ple would do in their free time.

Are you per­son­ally inter­ested in fashion?

River: Not really. I like other things more but now that I am in this fash­ion indus­try, I might have to start lik­ing it.

Has being a model changed your view on fashion?

Mod­el­ing has changed my view of fash­ion indeed, that’s why I did my own blog, to tell the truth about this indus­try, at least from my point of view. I didn’t think much about fash­ion before enter­ing this industry.

What are your plans out­side modeling?

River: A part from mod­el­ing, I would like to do some act­ing, and if none of those things work out, I guess I will study Pub­lic Rela­tions or something.

Upcom­ing work?

River: Maybe. LOL. You will see.