Edward:  Hello Hitch, welcome to Connex family!! Let´s start it up.. tell us about yourself, hometown and heritage. What´s your personal interests? ..

Micah:  I was born in the land of the Wizard of Oz.. Good Old Kansas, I am French Canadian, Greek and Cherokee Indian.. I enjoy anything that does with sports or fitness.. Staying in great shape and living a healthy lifestyle is the only way to live. 

Edward: You  have such a terrific background. You´ve been a cover of fitness magazines, you won a popular vote in an important website focused on modeling and you are also a fitness trainer…Tell us about all those experiences and how did all start? 

Micah:  Oh wow well I went to a small College in Kansas called Pittsburg State University.. don’t ask me how I got there or why I choose to go there but that’s where I ended up. If I wouldn’t of went there I probably would not have transformed my body into what it is today.. It was such a small town so there wasn’t anything better to do then workout.. I was super skinny in high school.. 6 foot 150lbs.. ..

Anyways after college a photographer approached me from St Louis about doing some pictures together… I had really never even thought about getting into modeling before that but I had worked so hard to get in great shape I thought what could it hurt.  I was interested from the get go. 

I started shooting with all sorts of photographers and really figuring out what I was best at as a Model and what I would succeed the most in.  Fitness Modeling was my thing.. Why put clothes on is my theory with modeling.. I work too damn hard to put clothes on and smile.. BORING…

I built my book up and signed with a local modeling agency here in Kansas City.  From there I started getting work then my big break happened after 1 year of hard work.. I landed the reality show MANHUNT hosted by Carmen Electra. It was on Bravo and was very similar to Americas next top model but for men.. I didn’t make it far in the show.. My body was far to fitness for fashion modeling but I made the most of it and made the right contacts..

That was over 2 years ago.. Since then I have been in over 15 national Magazines and have had 2 national Fitness Covers One being Men’s Workout and the other Muscle and Body with Jennifer Nicole Lee.  I recently have been doing some spokesmodel stuff with a company called fitness stride.. We shot our National infomercial so it should be out soon.  It was not a easy road though.. I had to sacrifice a lot to get where I am today.  Going without for months and months.. The whole time living in Kansas City.. I didn’t have the opportunity of being In La or New York on a daily basis so I really had to make the most of every trip.

As far as the personal training.. I have been a trainer for over 7 years now.  Its what I love doing in life.. Changing peoples body, mind and spirit…     

Edward:  What's your secret to be in a good shape and what´s the part of your body u like most and why?

Micah:  My favorite body part that I get most compliments on are my calves or abs.. being in good shape is about eating right, and high intensity training.. be disciplined and stay focused on your goals

Edward:  What´s fame and success for you? And if you could choose 3 important things for your life and 3 amazing places around the world to have fun, which one you´d choose and why?

  
Micah:  I don’t care about Fame.. I do this to become more known so that I can help others achieve their goals.  Success is waking up everyday happy with my life.

I want to have a family.. finding a good woman is very hard these days.. someone that has it all anyways.. continue what im doing in my career and continue helping others.. I'm a beach guy. So I would love to go back to Hawaii, maybe Australia and Cancun.

Edward:  What do u think about having fans from different parts of the world with such unique life styles, cultures and so on? How do u rate importance about that?

Micah:  It's really cool to know you have a fan base and inspire people to work hard to reach their goals.. so that means a lot to me.. I treat everyone with a lot of respect and always try to explain that you must always appreciate what you have in life and don’t be scared of taking the risk.  With risk comes success

Edward:  And talking about fans, just imagine a situation: You are anonymous in a crowd.  Nobody notices you. Then all of a sudden, a fan approaches you and reveals to others that you are a model from a popular fashion campaign. The excitement takes over and the crowd gets wild. How would you handle it?

Micah:  Aww im a super chill person and laid back.. I have people approach me all the time saying aren’t you HITCH from myspace.. it's pretty funny.. I think most people are just really shocked that i'm cool and don’t have a big head after all the success I have had..

Edward:  I´m sure you might have some funny/unusual model backstages stories. Share with us some of these moments.

Micah:  Aww I just remember how when I first started shooting I was so clueless on how to pose and facial expressions.. I had to of looked like a complete dork.. Through time you just get more comfortable with yourself and you become aware of what you are good at..

A funny story.. I was shooting in Miami.. we had done a shot in the ocean in some swim trunks and took too long on the shot.. we were trying to catch sunset with this one look..

I'm stripping down  out of my trunks in the middle of public down to some wet boxers.. then grab a pair of pants put them on within minutes my pants were soaking wet from the boxers underneath.. the pictures looked as if I pissed myself.. thank the lord for photoshop

Edward:  Do you think we now live in a better world concerning issues like family, religion, race, freedom and sexual behavior?
  

Micah:  The World is becoming worse and worse.. Tv and music has changed so much and children live less active lifestyles.. Things need to change soon or it's only going to get worse.

Edward:  Hitch, thanks so much for sharing your story with us. Leave a final message to Connex 247 readers around the world and tell us more about your projects and your future ones too!!

Micah:  I have a lot of new things in the works.. I will keep everyone posted.  Well I want to thank everyone for all the support over the last few years.. I really do care about the fans . I try to respond to everyone’s emails.  If I can inspire you to follow your dreams and achieve your goals then I have achieved myself…Add me as a friend on myspace.com  http://www.myspace.com/eligible_bachelor

Full name: Micah Shane LaCerte  Aka “Hitch”

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