Nolé Marin is a fashion industry notable. He is a fashion stylist who occasionally does hair and wardrobe for models before their shoots, and well as organize spreads within ELLE magazine itself. Currently he has been appointed as the fashion director for the international fashion and entertainment news agency Runway magazine.

He is probably most famous as a judge on the UPN

UPN

United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

's hit series America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

 cycles 3

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 debuted on September 22, 2004. It was the first cycle to gain partnership with cosmetics magnate CoverGirl and ran weekly commercials during the show named Beauty Tip of the Week with Jay Manuel and Elsa Benitez as well as the CoverGirl of the Week contest. Also...

 and 4

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4 aired in spring 2005, with the shooting location being moved from New York City to Los Angeles. The catch-phrase of the season was "Dive In."...

, which saw contestants Eva Pigford and Naima Mora

Naima Mora

Naima Mora is an American fashion model and the winner of Cycle 4 of America's Next Top Model.-Early life:Naima Mora was born on March 1, 1984 in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of African American, talented jazz vocalist and entrepreneur Theresa Mora & Mexican jazz percussionist Francisco Mora...

 winning the competition respectively. During his time as a judge, he often feuded with co-judge Janice Dickinson

Janice Dickinson

Janice Doreen Dickinson is an American actress, author, fashion photographer, model and talent agent.Initially notable as a model, she has described herself as the first supermodel. One of the most successful models throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she expanded her profession to reality television...

. Their conflicts eventually boiled over and they were fired from the show in 2005, Marin being replaced by runway coach J. Alexander and Dickinson by fashion icon Twiggy

Twiggy

Lesley Lawson née Hornby known as Twiggy is an English model, actress, and singer. In the early-1960s she became a prominent British teenage model of swinging sixties London with others such as Penelope Tree....

. Marin returned to the judging panel for the show's 12th cycle

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12 is the twelfth cycle of America's Next Top Model and the sixth season to air on The CW network. It premiered on March 4, 2009. The cycle's catch phrase is "Get In The Fold." The cycle's promotional song is Lady Gaga's "The Fame".The first half of the cycle took...

, as a guest judge in the third episode.

He has a pet pomeranian

Pomeranian (dog)

The Pomeranian is a breed of dog of the Spitz type, named for the Pomerania region in Central Europe . Classed as a toy dog breed because of its small size, the Pomeranian is descended from the larger Spitz type dogs, specifically the German Spitz...

 named Empress Minnie who made several appearances on America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model

America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....

.

Marin has also made several appearances on the second cycle

Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 2

Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 2 began airing on May 30, 2007. Jay Manuel serves as the host after season 1 host Tricia Helfer left to pursue her acting career. Serving as judges are Jeanne Beker, who is the only returning judge from last season, Paul Alexander, and Yasmin Warsame...

 of Canada's Next Top Model

Canada's Next Top Model

Canada's Next Top Model is a Canadian reality show in which female contestants compete for the title "Canada's Next Top Model" and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry...

as the photo shoot director, which saw Rebecca Hardy

Rebecca Hardy

Rebecca Hardy is a Canadian fashion model. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and grew up in Mannheim, Ontario. Hardy is the winner of Cycle 2 of reality TV show Canada's Next Top Model...

 win. In the third cycle

Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3

Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3, the third season of reality series Canada's Next Top Model, premiered on May 26, 2009, on CTV. Jay Manuel returned for his second season as the host...

 he became a series regular, appearing in each episode as the artistic director for photo shoots.

He was a judge on True Beauty

True Beauty (TV series)

True Beauty is the first season of the ABC reality television series True Beauty. The contestants are competing to see who is the most beautiful. However, they think they are only being tested on outer beauty. The show is hosted by three judges: Nolé Marin, Cheryl Tiegs, and Vanessa Minnillo who...

, Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...

 and Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Christopher Ashton Kutcher , best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor, producer, former fashion model and comedian, best known for his portrayal of Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show...

's reality show. He was replaced in the second season by Carson Kressley.

In November 2010, Marin was accused of sexually harassing an aspiring male model in 2007. Marin released a statement saying the claims are false, sensational, and a desperate fiction, and that he will vigorously defend the claims.