People often move to New York City to reinvent themselves. But some folks make it big, only to have their careers, and public identities, go away. It’s all too common in the youth-obsessed industry of fashion, where most models (with the rare exceptions of, say, Naomi Campbell or Cindy Crawford) have an expiration date. So what happens when you find yourself retired in your 20s, 30s — or, in the case of one Elite face — 18? Meet the former catwalkers who have found new life as a dentist, real-estate broker and even a hula-hoop instructor. Male model turned dentist These days, Dr. Stanton Young is more likely to be saying “open wide” than “cheese.” “It was really fun and I got to travel all over Europe,” said the 59-year-old dentist, who starred in campaigns for Giorgio Armani and Versace and appeared in the pages of GQ, Esquire and Vogue Homme. “I got quite the cultural education.” Young was scouted in the mid ’80s while he was a 24-year-old undergraduate at San Jose State University and planning to go to dental school. What started as a summer gig in Milan would up being a five-year commitment. “I had the ‘British’ look which was very in at the time,” he said. But, after visiting Oxford, England, where his grandfather had studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Young realized he missed academic life. He promptly reverted to Plan A and enrolled in dental school at USC in Los Angeles. “I was still appearing in catalogs and some of my fellow students spotted my pictures,” he recalled. “I’m sure some of them thought it was weird.” Young used his fashionable earnings to support himself through school and, later, to buy homes in New York and in California. It was during his residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan that he met his wife, Christy (who now home-schools their children) and settled in New York for good. “After the arrival of our first daughter, I obviously didn’t do much traveling, and I missed it a little,” said the Brooklyn resident, who has five daughters, ages 15 months to 16 years old. “But life changes when you become a parent.” He sees similarities between modeling and his second career, in which he treats many models and actors at the NoHo Dental Group. “They’re both very creative and interpersonal,” he said. “And I perform a lot of cosmetic dentistry.” Vogue model to real-estate broker When Trish Goff meets new people in her job, she is often told she reminds them of someone. Chances are they saw her in a top fashion magazine during her heyday as the face of Versace, Chanel, Dior or Louis Vuitton. Now, after two decades of posing for the cameras, the 42-year-old Vogue cover girl — who now goes by Trisha — is a real-estate agent in New York City. “I look back with fondness on my time as a model,” Goff, an associate broker at Compass, told The Post. “But I’m living a different chapter of life and I’m really comfortable with it.” Florida-raised Goff first stepped on the property ladder in 1997 when she was 20, short
How these former fashion models were able to reinvent their careers
People often move to New York City to reinvent themselves. But some folks make it big, only to have their careers, and public identities, go away. It’s all too common in the youth-obsessed industry of fashion, where most models (with the rare exceptions of, say, Naomi Campbell or Cindy Crawford) have an expiration date. So what happens when you find yourself retired in your 20s, 30s — or, in the case of one Elite face — 18? Meet the former catwalkers who have found new life as a dentist, real-estate broker and even a hula-hoop instructor. Male model turned dentist These days, Dr. Stanton Young is more likely to be saying “open wide” than “cheese.” “It was really fun and I got to travel all over Europe,” said the 59-year-old dentist, who starred in campaigns for Giorgio Armani and Versace and appeared in the pages of GQ, Esquire and Vogue Homme. “I got quite the cultural education.” Young was scouted in the mid ’80s while he was a 24-year-old undergraduate at San Jose State University and planning to go to dental school. What started as a summer gig in Milan would up being a five-year commitment. “I had the ‘British’ look which was very in at the time,” he said. But, after visiting Oxford, England, where his grandfather had studied as a Rhodes Scholar, Young realized he missed academic life. He promptly reverted to Plan A and enrolled in dental school at USC in Los Angeles. “I was still appearing in catalogs and some of my fellow students spotted my pictures,” he recalled. “I’m sure some of them thought it was weird.” Young used his fashionable earnings to support himself through school and, later, to buy homes in New York and in California. It was during his residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan that he met his wife, Christy (who now home-schools their children) and settled in New York for good. “After the arrival of our first daughter, I obviously didn’t do much traveling, and I missed it a little,” said the Brooklyn resident, who has five daughters, ages 15 months to 16 years old. “But life changes when you become a parent.” He sees similarities between modeling and his second career, in which he treats many models and actors at the NoHo Dental Group. “They’re both very creative and interpersonal,” he said. “And I perform a lot of cosmetic dentistry.” Vogue model to real-estate broker When Trish Goff meets new people in her job, she is often told she reminds them of someone. Chances are they saw her in a top fashion magazine during her heyday as the face of Versace, Chanel, Dior or Louis Vuitton. Now, after two decades of posing for the cameras, the 42-year-old Vogue cover girl — who now goes by Trisha — is a real-estate agent in New York City. “I look back with fondness on my time as a model,” Goff, an associate broker at Compass, told The Post. “But I’m living a different chapter of life and I’m really comfortable with it.” Florida-raised Goff first stepped on the property ladder in 1997 when she was 20, short
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