Bruno Santos, the supermodel from Brazil, urges your support for '3Needles' the new movie about AIDS to be released on December 1.

Bruno also asks you to support a fundraising campaign by joining http://myspace.com/3Needles on MySpace!!

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Mike, with his wide variety of interests, has also become the top choice of visitors to the new version of Connex247 as his recent feature garnered the most page views in the three months since it was launched.

When told of his success, Mike said: "It motivates me knowing that people really appreciate me and the things I do. So, this is for all the fans who are with me the whole way, THANK YOU!!!!"

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John Coulter, model and actor, chats with DonnaD, the newest contributing writer to Connex247.

From winning a teen model search contest to major modeling assignments,  John says his favorite shoots have been on beautiful tropical islands.

We welcome DonnaD who has been such a great friend of Connex247 over the years and has supported models we have featured and many others with her incredible Yahoo groups.

Alan Mercer says that to get a  perfect image," that magical look is a gift" adding it is "a rare and special thrill to know you have captured a spectacular moment with someone."

The Los Angeles based photographer shares his views on the best places for photo shoots and the importance of beauty and elegance.

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Bauer, the distinguished photographer from Brazil chats with our Edward Carl (also from Brazil) about shooting  the perfect image, "it´s just like the lens were made for him, the lens “smiles” to him, cam and cables never break, lights never burn and the whole crew is happy. Bingo! Magic happens and as a result I got great pics."

About Brazil, Bauer says: We have sun, we have beach, we are a happy people. As the sun shines mostly part of the year, you can imagine how our skin looks like!!

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Kurt Brown shares the moment when he says "DON'T MOVE A HAIR!  STAY THERE!!!" as he works to get the perfect photo.

Kurt also reveals how his career as a professional photographer started and provides very useful information to young models on how to avoid being scammed!

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John Aigner who divides his time between the US and Germany has returned to Berlin after spending the past three months in the U.S. producing magazine covers and editorials for several publications. Among them were a personality editorial and a fold-out cover and fashion spread for ‘Palm Springs Life’ magazine.

John chats with Edward Carl about his career as a professional photographer and tells us: A picture is worth a thousand dreams.

Anderson Robin tells us the male modeling world is a very curious one.  "I am still learning more and more, as I go along.  But it can be quite difficult at times.  You have to have a thick skin to be a male model,  also very street smart and wise. Because there are always people who will take advantage of a naive model."

Anderson is an enthusiastic person, always on the move who loves life and experiencing new things.

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Bruno Santos, the Brazilian supermodel chats with Edward Carl, who, of course is also from the South American country, about his career, and being an activist for nature!

And, of course, Bruno claims that Brazil is the "greatest country on earth!!! beautiful weather, people, beaches, food, etc...everything there is absolutely breath taking."

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P. Michael Perez, the distinguished photographer and producer shares "Click, click, click - and I knew magic was happening..." as he describes getting the perfect photo.

The son of hard-working migrant farm workers who has risen to become one the most recognized  photographers, he shares some experiences and provides advice to aspiring models.

Also included is a video clip Behind the Scenes with the Barbera Twins, produced by P. Michael Perez.

Connex247 thanks P. Michael Perez for taking the time to join us as part of our series on great photographers. Please leave comment at end of feature.

Leighton Stultz brings us up to date including a confession that he was kind of a 'dork' in high school, or as he puts it, sort of 'skinny without style'

He also reminds visitors to Connex247 that they can leave comments on all stories now.

Zane Berlin shares how he always wanted to be a Navy Seal but thus far has been centering his career around motivational speaking, acting and modeling.

His career really got rolling when he was  a Swimsuit escort for Jennifer Berry (Miss America 2005) at the Miss Oklahoma pageant!

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