Alton Mason

Alton Devon Mason ( ; born November 21, 1997) is an American model, actor and dancer. He is one of the world's few male supermodels and the highest-paid one . GQ Australia named him male model of the year in 2019, Models.com gave him the same title for five consecutive years,

Early life Alton Mason was born in Nebraska in a family of Jamaican, Ghanaian and Haitian heritage. His father, Alton Mason Sr., is a former professional basketball player, and his mother, Anita Mason, is a former model from Gilbert, Arizona. He has three younger siblingsbrother Alston and sisters Ania and Aniah. until finally settling in Phoenix, Arizona. When he was 17, he moved away from Arizona to study dancing and acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, California. and cast for Kanye West's Yeezy Season 3 show at Madison Square Garden. Two years later, he walked for the Gucci Fall 2017 show at the Milan Fashion Week. Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld chose him for a 2018 show, becoming the first black male model to walk for the brand. He also made appearances at the New York Fashion Week for Hugo Boss, He was part of the spring/summer campaign for Lacoste in 2019. Other brands Mason has modeled for include Versace, Puma, Fenty X Puma, Michael Kors, Philipp Plein, Jeremy Scott, Tom Ford, Valentino, Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld, Louis Vuitton, Off-White,

Mason portrayed Little Richard in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 biopic Elvis.