The Zombie Model (Rick Genest)

When fashion photographer Nick Knight (the director of BTW MTV) shouted "Cut! Good Take, Pack Up!", Gaga's make up artists immediately wiped off the Superstar's skull face-paint-art. But for her model-partner Rick Genest, it's a different story. 

Gaga and Genest, BTW Music Video

OBSESSION TRULY HAS ITS PRIZE.
Genest , a model from Montreal who became popular not by his arresting looks but by his weird swagger, is permanently painted with skeletal body art. 
Reports say that he has been a big fan of zombie horror movies since he was a kid. So far the Zombie boy has paid a lot of Canadian dollars and has endured over then thousand  needle pricks for him to look like the earth's version of  'Angel of Death'. 

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FASHION CROSSOVER. 
Nicola Formichetti of The Haus of Gaga, best known as the man behind the Pop star's weird and stunning get-up, has recently debuted as the new creative director of Thierry Mugler. Guess who's with him on the runway, his new prized outlandish talent, Rick Genest.

In an email to Verena von Pfetten of Styleite, Mr. Formichetti wrote, "Rico is my muse"