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Date Posted: 18:06:04 03/10/05 Thu
Thai-Icelandic Jon Jonsson ,The 22-year-old surfer dude from California,won $100,000 and a four-year contract with IMG, one of the world's premier modeling agencies,from the Bravo television reality show "America's Next Top Model''.
He appeals exotic looks, - dark skin, almond-shaped eyes, flat cheekbones and a chiseled jawline - from a Thai mother and a father from Iceland. "Proud? Oh yeah, sure I am,'' said his father, Haflidi Jonsson, an atmospheric research scientist who teaches at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. "After all,'' he laughed, "I am the stud factory.'' His mother, Nanna Jonsson, who teaches Thai at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, is also "quite proud of this whole thing,'' Haflidi Jonsson said.
Jon's father Haflidi Jonsson, left, and mother Nanna Jonsson are proud of their surfing son. Chronicle photo by John Storey (Pics fromSfgate.com)
Jonsson, born in Iceland, is the middle son in a family of three boys. His elder brother, Helgi Thor, is an artist, and younger brother Bin is a biology and political science student at UC Davis. His parents moved the family to New York and Colorado before landing in California in 1994.
Jon Jonsson plays with his cat.
This is not a pose. Jon Jonsson really surfs off Carmel and hopes to earn enough as a model to bankroll wave-riding in Indonesia for the rest of his life.
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Thai-Icelandic Jon Jonsson, surfer and Bravo TV 'Manhunt'