Bruce Darnell is an American model

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 and choreographer

Choreography

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 based in Germany

Germany

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.

Darnell was born in New York City

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 and grew up in Colorado

Colorado

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. After studying sociology

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, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served six years as a paratrooper

Paratrooper

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 in the 82nd Airborne Division.

In 1983 he began his career as a model in Germany. During the following years he modeled for Kenzo

Kenzo Takada

Kenzo Takada is a Japanese fashion designer. He is also the founder of Kenzo, a worldwide brand of perfumes, skincare products and clothes....

, Issey Miyake

Issey Miyake

is a Japanese fashion designer. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances.-Life and career:Miyake was born 22 April 1938 in Hiroshima, Japan. As a seven year-old, he witnessed and survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. He studied...

, Hermès

Hermès

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 and Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

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 in Paris

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, Milan

Milan

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, Tokyo

Tokyo

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 and New York. Darnell has also worked since 1990 as a choreographer and coached models for the catwalk.

He attained public fame in Germany when he took part in 2006 in the ProSieben show Germany's Next Topmodel as a juror. In connection with advertisements for this show he became famous for his typically American accent

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 and his effeminacy

Effeminacy

Effeminacy describes traits in a human male, that are more often associated with traditional feminine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or gender roles rather than masculine nature, behaviour, mannerisms, style or roles....

. He has also become famous for his mistakes in spoken German, most notably "" (English "this is the truth", whereas it should be ""), which he has since taken as a trademark expression.

He has appeared in television advertisements for C&A

C&A

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 and O2. From February to March 2008 he hosted his own fashion-themed television show, called Bruce, on Das Erste

Das Erste

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, but the show received poor ratings and was canceled after the initial run's 20 episodes.

While Darnell does not appear in Germany's Next Topmodel anymore, he is still a coach on the Swiss edition of the show as well as a judge on Das Supertalent

Das Supertalent

Das Supertalent is the German talent show and part of the internationally successful Got Talent franchise, presented by Marco Schreyl, who was joined by Daniel Hartwich from the second season onwards...

, the German incarnation of the Got Talent franchise.

External links

• Bruce Darnell at the Internet Movie Database
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  Official website Website of the TV show Bruce