Viral tweets lead to modelling contract

Thursday, 12 April 2018 08:51

By Jason Roberts @ChpsChsGrvy

A Kirk Michael man who went viral on Twitter has landed himself a modelling contract.

Liam Rice, an animal welfare officer at the Manx SPCA shared snaps of him and his Siberian husky Luna in February.

His photos were a viral hit, retweeted more than 200,000 times by other social media users.

In Liam's latest tweet, he's announced he's signed up with model agency GMODELS and says he's excited to see what the future brings.

Happy to announce I have just joined @GMODELSCA !! Excited to see what the rest of the year brings with them ???? pic.twitter.com/f9e44qm0op
— Liam Rice (@Li4mricee) April 10, 2018

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