Lincoln's Lewis Montsma: 'It's not easy to do modelling and football'

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Dutch defender, brought to London for a fashion show, gave up the catwalk for football and now faces Liverpool in the Carabao Cup

Not so long ago Lewis Montsma was juggling turning out for Dordrecht in the Dutch second division with a burgeoning career on the catwalk but when Lincoln welcome Liverpool in the Carabao Cup third round on Thursday, it will be more Alexander-Arnold than Alexander McQueen. It is two years since the defender travelled to London for a Burberry fashion show surrounded by some of the industry’s famous names, including Kendall Jenner and Irina Shayk. “I was quite nervous but I enjoyed it,” he says. “The next morning I flew to Holland really early to get back to training on time, around 10am.”

Montsma showcased last year’s spring/summer collection, wearing sunglasses and a long coat, but his successful audition for the show stemmed from a chance meeting with Philip Riches, an agent and photographer formerly on the panel of Holland’s Next Top Model. Riches approached him while Montsma was helping his father, Jelle, whose business rents equipment to film-makers and photographers, by driving models between sets from Zandvoort, a beach resort west of Amsterdam, to the city. “I was just out of bed, not dressed up or anything but he asked me if I wanted to do some photos,” he says. “I said yes, fine, and I thought: ‘Let’s see what happens.’”

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/24/lincoln-city-lewis-montsma-its-not-easy-to-do-modelling-and-football-liverpool-carabao-cup

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