Jon Kortajarena Redruello (born 19 May 1985) is a Spanish model. He has worked with Just Cavalli, Calvin Klein, Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Giorgio Armani, Bally, Etro, Trussardi, Diesel, Karl Lagerfeld,Pepe Jeans, but also with Zara, H&M, Guess y Tom Ford.
Kortajarena was born in Bilbao, Spain. He was discovered while vacationing in Barcelona when he accompanied a friend who was invited to attend a fashion show. Whilst there, a booker noticed him and persuaded him to give the fashion world a go. His first professional experience was in Cibeles fashion show for Roberto Verino.
Kortajarena currently ranks No. 5 on MODELS.com's Top 25 The Money Guys list.
Kortajarena speaks Spanish, English and Euskera. He went to an ikastola school up until he was 10 years old, but due to traveling he went on to enroll in public, private, and Catholic schools thereafter.
His mother is a hairdresser and she often styles his hair. If he was not modeling he would be a full time actor; however, he notes that interior designing and photography are some fields he has always been curious about.
His hobbies include watching films, reading books by Herman Hesse, sunbathing, going to the mountains with friends, and listening to music. He describes himself as an 'ultimate romantic'. Some of his favorite novels include Perfume, The Wheel of Life by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and Siddhartha. He has an apartment in the West Village.
He appears in a lot of places, in shops,
advertisment, films, videoclips, posters and so on.
He is currently involved in the 212 VIP Carolina Herrera perfume promotion of 2011.
So handsome, aren't you thinking?