Marcus Lodewijk Schenkenberg van Mierop, better known as just Marcus Schenkenberg (born 4 August 1968) is the world's first male supermodel, actor, singer, writer and TV personality born in Stockholm, Sweden but of Dutch descent. He is the highest paid per-year male supermodel in the world, and also known for his muscular, well-proportioned body, and especially for his "washboard" abdominal muscles. Marcus, who was discovered by American photographer Barry King, while rollerskating in Venice Beach, California in 1989, is approximately 1.90 m tall (6 ft 3 in)[1] and weighs 82 kg (188 lb)[2], though in reality he is said to be over 6 ft 3 in[1] tall, rounding this figure down for the sake of his career, resulting in many conflicting published figures - even between his various agencies and his book. Marcus speaks Swedish (his native tongue), Dutch, German, French, Italian and English.