I would love to work with Mario Testino. I respect all the work he has done and is doing. – Nyle DiMarco
Seriously, I don’t find not being able to hear an obstacle or a boundary. For me, and for many of us, it is an advantage, and it’s a part of my identity, in fact. It’s a huge part of who I am. – Nyle DiMarco
I started to realize that there are a lot of people who are unaware of deaf culture, and I’ve been given a great platform to reframe the deaf community. – Nyle DiMarco
Right after college, I was trying to figure out what to do. Teach? Act? Model? Do PR for the deaf community? And now I’m doing all I dreamed of and more. – Nyle DiMarco
Since I knew my deaf identity since birth, it wasn’t hard for me to be comfortable, confident, and independent in a hearing world. – Nyle DiMarco
I was doing a little modeling on the side. Then ‘ANTM’ found me on social media, and it pretty much flipped my life around, all for the better. – Nyle DiMarco
I feel like I can see the music and can see how the character of the music actually flows. For me, that’s music to my eyes. – Nyle DiMarco
I had to live with the models in one big house for two months, 24 hours a day. Only a few of them actually learned how to sign… I couldn’t really communicate with anybody, and I felt isolated. – Nyle DiMarco
Often in the past, when we have had a deaf person in the spotlight, we have been portrayed badly. It was up to me to change that. – Nyle DiMarco
I feel the need to reframe our community positively and better deaf youth’s lives, and with the ‘DWTS’ platform, I can – but it’s not enough until I win. – Nyle DiMarco
I love it when I surprise photographers that, despite the fact that I am deaf, I am capable of meeting their vision. I love it that I can read their body language and know what they do not like and what they do like. – Nyle DiMarco
