The pastor who left the church after 20 years of service to work as a model

Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, people can become big stars in a few hours. It’s amazing how overnight you can appear in newspapers and magazines around the world. This happened to the protagonist of today’s post.

He was a pastor who became famous when his photos from a photo shoot hit the net. Currently, he has left the religious life (at least as a pastor) and is betting all the chips on his modeling career.

Today the awesome.club brings the story of this man whose life has undergone a major upheaval in recent months.

A student from Toledo (Ohio, United States) published his father’s photos on the Internet and by chance turned him into a celebrity. Here’s what Collin Hayslett said to his followers: “My father is 45 years old, he is starting his modeling career and I have never seen him so happy. He told me he’s just waiting for his opportunity to shine. Twitter, it’s time for you to meet my dad.”

The images left social networks quite agitated: in the first few hours, the photos of the former pastor received thousands of likes and retweets. When we look at the photos we are quite intrigued by the fact that it took him so long to decide to be a model.

Toledo is a small town in Ohio, in the United States, where today’s hero spent most of his adult life, as a pastor in an evangelical church. Clint Hayslett not only gave religious speeches, but also performed baptisms and weddings, but he never imagined that one day he would become a celebrity.

This is Clint from last year

A few months ago, Clint decided to change careers. He started selling clothes for a store, joined the gym and went to a professional hairdresser. That same hairdresser said that he looked like a model and that he should try his luck in his new career.

Clint Hayslett and his son, Collin

Clint was always told by many people that he was an attractive man, but he never made much of it. When, finally, he realized that everything was conspiring in his favor, he decided that the time had come to try.

Luckily, the hairdresser was also a marketing manager for a company that makes sunglasses, Donahugh. That way, Clint had his first professional photo shoot, but he didn’t get paid a penny for it. The photographer took 3 thousand pictures, but the shy ex-pastor was in no hurry to show them to anyone. His son, on the other hand, didn’t think the same way.

For Clint, the reaction of people on social networks was a big surprise. See what he said in an interview: “I’m completely burned out. I’ve never held a phone in my hand for so many hours. This is surprising and very inspiring.”

A few weeks ago, Clint didn’t even have an Instagram and Twitter account. Now, according to his son, he does not leave social networks and is always attentive to comments.

Clint is a very popular person on social media. Along with his son, he has appeared on television giving interviews. Amazingly, this handsome man is not the least bit narcissistic. See what he says about himself: “I never felt very safe. I simply paid attention to the advice they gave me. Sometimes, the important thing is to listen to those on our side”.

Despite the millions of followers, the former pastor continues to live next to his wife, a woman he says is everything in his life. Clint and Ronna met at school and have been together ever since. She supports him in everything she does, including adventures like her current modeling career.

So far he has not signed a contract with any major modeling agency. After all, he lives in a very small town.

However, soon he intends to go to his first professional casting in Chicago or Detroit.

In addition to making him famous, the photo shoot became a massive Internet meme. Users started posting a lot of stuff about it. Some even compared him to comedian Steve Carell.

Others began posting tweets that parodied Collin’s tweet. With the hashtag #HotModelDad you can find a lot of super fun memes.

Clint is amused by the jokes that people post on Twitter. For him, they work like good publicity. What stands out the most in this story is the importance of finding a job that makes us happy. Clint appears to have a bright future ahead of him. What do you think?