Mario Galla

Mario Galla at the Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg (2017)

Mario Galla (born July 2, 1985 in Hamburg or Rotenburg (Wümme) ) is a German model .

Galla was born with a shortened right thigh and therefore wears a prosthetic leg. After graduating from high school, Galla trained as an office communications clerk at NDR . In 2007 he was discovered in a fast food restaurant in Hamburg. After a casting, he had his first job for Hugo Boss two months later . In 2010 he was seen in shorts at Michael Michalsky's show during Berlin Fashion Week , which caused a sensation. In September 2011, he appeared in front of the camera for Peta's anti-fur campaign . In 2013 he is one of the models for United Colors of Benetton . In 2015 he promoted the Peugeot 208 together with Anna Julia Kapfelsperger in a video clip entitled “The Berlin Job” . In 2017 Galla was a candidate for Global Gladiators .

Galla studies media studies at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences .

literature

• Mario Galla with Lars Amend : With one foot in the model business. How I became a model despite a handicap. Mosaik, [Munich] 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-39217-9 ; E-book by the Random House GmbH publishing group, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-641-06251-4 ( on GoogleBooks )

Web links

• Mario Galla in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Julia Mäurer: Fashion Week Berlin: Michalsky and the model with the prosthetic leg , stern.de, July 10, 2010
• Sidar Barut: Model Mario Galla: “I like my body” (interview), stern.de, July 26, 2010
• Yvonne Scheller: model with courage. Despite the prosthesis, student Mario Galla asserts himself on the international catwalks , welt.de, June 23, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Don't say anything now, Mario Galla , sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de
2. ^ Galla, Mario , d-nb.info
3. ↑ Top model Mario Galla against fur / PETA ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , peta.de 
4. ^ Mario Galla and the most powerful force in the universe , blog.benetton.com
5. ^ The new Peugeot 208 - The Berlin Job , accessed on June 19, 2015.