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Enjoy mu5ic, food and good cheer under the It's the same modelling and talent competition that was a , ‘ smash;old~fas§iiztgntsd£ampligthi.d - , d ,. . . l, springboard for the careers of Hollywood celebrities like Ash- ' lc, (:5 an: tall 5138:4233 is”? a “in“ or ton Kutcher, Iosh Duhamel. Katie Holmes. Eva [ongoria and / a tnore m orma 10" ( i’ ’ ‘ Illijah Wood and helped them go on to modelling and acting ' m , , Country Christmas . “I'm still really excited about it." said the Bluevale grad who ‘ ° ‘ stumbled into the world of modelling and acting a year ago l at the waterloo Reglon ‘ after an unfortunate leg injury cut short his soccer-playing l dreams. “It's meant a lot to my life." Museum Dec' 22 N818?" W35} 3 IS‘Yi‘aT'Old 50“” playing prodigy when an The Waterloo Region Museum presents (ountrv ‘ ankle ”HUI.“ ‘ldi’l'ned what COUld have been a promising Christmas, Dec. 22. starting at 11 am . at In Huron career. He was already staning to be recruited when the iniury Rd, Kitchener, “PM him 0f the speed that made him a real dynamo 0" the See what Christmas was like in the 19th centun ‘ ““2“” PIICh- _ ‘ . H ‘ with horse-drawn wagon rides, Christmas carol , It was a double fracture and it Just ended everything said gingajongs and a chance to meet Father ( .hristnias. Milli/9n- “ the lfirnionth rehab that WU" Willi the ”111“"! "l ' Tickets are $10, $8 for seniors and students. 55 couIdnt mm" bark and l had ‘0 will?" Waterioo's Steven Van Nguyen was a winner at the presti- l per child and $25 for a family, ”18 ”Id “7 that dream if“ him adrift. lit? was CBSUDK gious International Modelling and Talent Association show. i For more information call 51.9743 1914. around for what to do next and was attending Brock Universi- martin: New ‘ ty and studying for an exam when the inspiration hit him. matic look of the rest of the competition. ' ' “It was my last exam for first year and it was for sociology." “I haven't grown since I was 13 and people told me 1“ ever ‘ [gt It Be th‘rIStmas.m said Nguyen. “I was the last one in the library, it was like three grow up I would be great as model," said Nguyen “But I did i p0 port] or 4 a.m.. and I asked myself why am I doing this? I wasn‘t my research on models. and I'm very lean and cut and operr l sap .11 0 sup 1 ve going anywhere, I was lust running around in circles." ate at a goal weight of 130 pounds. I had to cut down from [50 ‘ 0 SI“ f W 1‘ 0 lhat's when he stumbled onto the idea of modelling. lie pounds. and l said I could do II, “When I ptit my mind to it I l u g 0 ate 0 applied the same training methods that he had on the soccer could do anything and I worked out five hours a day in the ‘ IIIghView (bmmunity Church presents let it Be pitch and made himselfa threat on the catwalk He was soon gym " ‘ ( hristmas, the gospels according to Matthew hooking gobs in Ioronto because of his unique look featuring liven mth that dedication the odds were against him He ‘ Mark. hike. lohn, I'm”. George and Ringor starting . his Vietnamesei‘ Ihai heritage admits he was it little surprised when he made the top four “(1.2L 7 pm , at 295 HighWt‘w UL Kitchener “Why do something you don‘t like?" said Nguyen "I want "When they said I won. 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