Edward: Hey Zane, welcome to Connex247 site! Share your background with us. What are your personal and professional interests?

Zane: I am in my second year of speaking at High schools.I really enjoy doing it. I can speak about things that I am very passionate about and I actually earned the rep. as the youngest speaker in the country starting right after I had turned 18. I have received great feedback from the teachers and students. Some of the teachers feedback reports saying "Excellent Rapport with Students". They didn't take their eyes or ears off of him the whole time" and "By far the best speaker we have ever had". Comments like those really give me a great sense of pride for what I do and it is very flexible, so I can always work it around my bookings and such.

Edward:  Tell us about how you decided to become a model?

Zane: Well that’s actually kind of a funny story and I always think of the Zoolander Tagline when he says “I think it had to have been the 1st time I went through the second grade…and I was eating at the table one day and I caught my reflection in my spoon and I said Wow!!! You’re ridiculously good looking….maybe you should do that for a living….be professionally good looking….but how I fell into the profession was a little different…..I had always wanted to be a Navy SEAL since I could pretty much walk…and I pretty much worked my butt off my whole life getting ready for it.  (Swimming with Snow on the ground running a ridiculous number of miles a week, and thousands upon thousands of dips and pushups.)

So in turn over the years I obtained a pretty mean physique out of it….but I was about 3 weeks from turning 18 and signing and my Mom sat me down one day and said that maybe I should take a year off before I make a big decision like that and see if I can find anything else that…well ya know floats my boat … and if I didn’t then I could sign my life away….so with the physique I had made for myself and the knowledge of nutrition and fitness I picked up from research and experimenting my whole life … I got my Personal Trainer Certification and found an agent and it immediately snowballed with bookings after that….It all started for me as a Swimsuit escort for Jennifer Berry (Miss America 2005) at the Miss Oklahoma pageant.

Edward: You have an incredible look. I am sure you are asked all the time, but how do you stay in such great shape?

Zane: I have an amazing diet that I follow to the “T” and I don’t really do too much weight lifting…just a lot of plyometrics.. (Pushups,dips,pull-ups) those give you the most definition by far.

Edward: Share with us who the great influences are on your life

Zane: Definitely my Mom and Dad …. Surprisingly enough my dad has encouraged me the most ….. I always kinda thought you know he would be embarrassed to tell people that his son is a Male model ….. especially being in the Midwest …. but he brags on me more than probably my mom, grandparents and my girlfriend combined.

Edward: What makes you really strive to achieve your best personally and professionally?

Zane: I would say what strives me the most it just simply being a perfectionist …Im never satisfied with the way I look ... there is always room for improvement no matter what I do….what strives me the most is meeting someone that is more defined then me, or a better actor….because after that moment  I'm back to business more than ever in the gym or with an acting coach.

Edward: Tell us about some of your other interests such as sports, hobbies etc.

Zane: I love to go to the gym … probably like a majority of the people on this site….but it's not just the working out…it’s the fact that you can take a person’s body and just completely transform it from top to bottom with what you put in it…and the way you exert it….other than that I love my main job, speaking to kids at High schools about first impressions and self confidence…it is a very rewarding feeling that I could have totally redirected someone’s life with one of my lectures.

Edward:  If you could choose 3 amazing places to be now, which one would you choose and why?

Zane:  If I could be in 3 places it would be between San Diego, Florida, or my own private island….San Diego and Florida for the awesome year round weather and I m from San Diego. Most of all I would love my own island just to be away from all the worries and the drama you get from people 24-7.

Edward: We have some quick questions that Connex247 readers would like to know about you. Please, answer them and tell us why.

Eating: Fish or meat?
I would have to choose meat over fish…because I have totally burned myself out on fish… and

Vacation: Beach or the mountains?
I would definitely rather be at the beach working on my tan rather than freezing my butt off somewhere in the mountains.

Fashion campaign: clothed or underwear?
Underwear….I worked hard for my physique… I might as well get to show it off.

Movies: Action film or romantic ones?
Ohh that’s a tough one…..Between being the hero or the heart throb huh? I guess the Romantic heart throb… but being the Action hero is just as thrilling.

Dating: Ask or get asked?
I would definitely rather “Get asked” then “ask”….Confidence is by far the most attractive thing to me….I teach it for a living.

Place to make love: at home, in the middle of a crowd, in a party or in a
paradisiac island?
I always love sneaking away at a party somewhere to get “Down” a little bit … like a laundry room or an attic or something….you get a little bit of an adrenalin rush.

Sports: Group or individual ones?
Individual sports…even though I like like “A band of brothers” thing on the field …. when it's an individual sport…you can't blame your defeat onanyone but yourself.  Also when you’re in an individual sport…you have to earn your spot and there aren’t any politics involved.

Music: Rock or classical?
I love to listen to Rock…especially when I work out…but I do like some of the old stuff too….I don’t discriminate on the music.

Politics: Republicans or Democrats
Mostly republican…because of some of my views…but I think both sides bring up good points.

Way of travel: by train, plane, ship or bike?
I travel all the time by car…so that gets kind of old…So I would have to say that I like flying the most….because its by far the fastest means of travel.

Best season: spring, summer, autumm or winter?
My favorite season is the winter….I just like the smell of the cold air … and I like winter fashion the most.

Edward:  Now Zane, I´d like to know if u know how to sell u as a professional model. Tell to the fashion designers, managers, photographers, why you are the best option for their fashion campaign?

Zane: If you have a booking where you need a model… All I can say is if I have the look you need for the job, than you can count on me to be reliable and to be there when you need me…this is my focus and it gets 100% of my attention …. and if you need an actor … this is what I was put on the earth to do … I am very experienced in acting … I have been professionally trained … and I now come highly recommended … your films or your commercials are only as good as the actors you have in them …. If you need to file a lawsuit, hire a great lawyer, if you need an excellent production, then I’m your guy.

Photos provided by Zane  Copyright 2006.