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leader in the modeling, fashion, entertainment, public relations, restaurant, and tourism industries has made Mr. Brunel internationally renowned in those fields. Among his various accomplishments throughout his career are the successful modeling agencies he has founded both in Europe and in the United States. For example, in 1978, Mr. Brunel founded and grew Karin Models Paris from the ground up to become a lead-market agency with a world-wide presence. Capturing a strong market share in Paris, Mr. Brunel successfully created Karin Models as a platform for marquee clients to obtain sophisticated public relations services and important modeling contract opportunities. Mr. Brunel's success was so great with Karin Paris that in the next ten years, he founded Next Model Management in Los Angeles, California in 1980, Next Model Management in Miami, Florida in 1982, Model Management Group also in Miami, Florida in 1986, and Rebecca Commercial Casting in New York City, in 1988. The latter one was opened as a talent and casting agency for performers, offering services such as voice-overs, television, and cinema advertising work, again, successfully carving out a niche by which to make his mark and achieve bold commercial performance results.

Although Mr. Brunel later sold his rights to Next Management to Faith Kates in 1989, who partnered with Joel Wilkenfeld a couple of years later; NEXT represents some of the most prestigious women and men in the fashion world today. Star talent includes renowned fashion models Molly Sims, Daniela Pestova, Audrey Quock, Yamila Diaz, and Malgosia Bela. NEXT continues to maintain an influential international force in the fashion and modeling industry through its fully operational offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Sao Paolo, Montreal, London, and Paris, as well as its affiliates in Milan and Australia.

Because of strong revenue growth and successful business performance, as a result of his artistic vision as an artistic director and talent coordinator, Mr. Brunel founded the very successful Karin Models of America in New York City and Karin Models USA in Miami Beach. Mr. Brunel's commercial ventures in opening Karin agencies in Paris, New York, and Miami have been extremely successful, generating combined annual revenues of twenty five (25) million dollars. Eventually, Mr. Brunel licensed the Karin name to agencies in Israel, Denmark, Germany, and Spain. Mr. Brunel's extraordinary talents are not only limited to launching successful modeling businesses, but also in discovering and launching the careers of some of the world's most successful models. Mr. Brunel has launched the extremely successful careers of supermodels such as Christy Turlington, Rachel Hunter, Sharon Stone, Monica Bellucci, Estella Warren, and Christina Semonovskaya. These women all proceeded to become some of the most photographed international cover models in the world, appearing on thousands of magazine covers worldwide and spanning many years. As a result of his reputation as a highly visible, strategic networker who cultivates and conducts business in a global environment and brokers lucrative deals, many

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