Andre Birleanu

Infobox Celebrity


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name = Andre Birleanu
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birth_date = birth date and age|1982|8|7
birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union
hometown = New York City, USA
occupation = Model
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website = [http://www.andre-birleanu.com www.andre-birleanu.com]

Andre Birleanu (born Moscow, August 7, 1982) is a Russian model, particularly known for being on the reality TV show "America's Most Smartest Model".

Early life

Birleanu was born in Moscow and was partly raised in Romania, the only child of two diplomats — Vladimir and Carmen Birleanu. His father is a Romanian lawyer. His Russian mother, who is deceased, used to work for the United Nations in New York City. Birleanu arrived in New York in 1996, invited by his mother in search of a new life and education. He was accepted by John Jay College of Criminal Justice, hoping to follow in his father's footsteps in international criminal law as well as forensic psychology. In his second year of school Birleanu was discovered by Calvin French, then artistic director of Boss Models NY. He is fluent in 5 languages: Russian, Romanian, French, Italian and English, although he was shown to struggle with the russian language Fact|date=August 2008in America's most smartest model.

Career

Modeling

Birleanu's agencies are Boss Models, in New York City; Next Models, in Miami and Los Angeles; Ford Models, in Chicago; MRA Models, in Bucharest; and M4 Models, in Hamburg.

Controversy

Andre was controversial on the reality TV show, being an aggressive competitor; another contestant, Mandy Lynn, described him as an "aggressive, opinionated guy". In October 2007, he was charged with sexual misconduct and aggravated harassment due to accusations from a 19-year-old actress, charges which he denied. According the law enforcement sources quoted in the "New York Post", he "has served a half-dozen prison stints since 2000 on charges including assault, harassment, criminal contempt, criminal mischief and trespassing." [ [http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262007/news/regionalnews/smartest_model_groped_me__gal.htm Andre Birleanu in NYPost.com] ]

Almost a year later after many court apearences the DA's Office in the Criminal Court of Manhattan has dropped all charges on both cases. [http://www.nypost.com/seven/07022008/gossip/pagesix/clean_slate_118098.htm] Birleanu had maintained his innocence the entire time and had said he wanted to take both cases to trial to prove his innocence and counter prosecute for false charges. [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-most-smartest-model/exclusive-interview-with-andre-21515.aspx]

References

External links

* [http://www.andre-birleanu.com/ Official website]
** [http://www.andre-birleanu.com/biography.html Biography] on his official website
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=279454660 Andre Birleanu] on MySpace
* [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-most-smartest-model/americas-most-smartest-model-a-13269.aspx Andre Birleanu's Legal Troubles] , BuddyTV.com, October 31, 2007
* [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-most-smartest-model/andre-birleanu-americas-most-s-14822.aspx Andre Birleanu: America's Most Smartest Model "Destroyed Me"] , BuddyTV.com, December 17, 2007

Persondata
NAME= Birleanu, Andre B.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Model and reality TV participant
DATE OF BIRTH=1982
PLACE OF BIRTH=Moscow, Soviet Union
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