Twilight’s Peter FACINELLI Got His Start As A Runway Model

Twilight’s Cullen clan is a good-looking bunch, so it makes perfect sense that Peter Facinelli, who plays the vampire-family patriarch, started out as a model. “When I was young and good-looking, I modeled for a minute,” Facinelli he said at Giorgio Armani’s New York extravaganza on Thursday night.

“I did some runway shows in New York City, when I was 19, to pay for college—I was going to N.Y.U. and studying acting at the time. I actually worked with Bruce Weber. He put me in a Versace campaign with Christy Turlington.”Facinelli isn’t sure, but he thinks that the last time he met Armani was back then. “It was such a pleasure to see him again tonight, and be here and be a part of this,” he said.

There is no better word than “extravaganza” to describe what the iconic Italian designer presented on what Mayor Bloomberg dubbed “Giorgio Armani Day” in the city. His grand-scale fashion show had an audience of 700 people, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Renee Zellweger, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Hilary Swank, Ellen Barkin, and Ricky Martin.