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Nils Raumanis (born 19.03.1980) is a Latvian model agent and scout.

Career

Started scouting: 2003

Raumanis founded DANDY Model Management, a model agency, in 2004 in Riga, Latvia. After launch, DANDY Model Management became the most rapidly growing modeling agency in the region putting Latvia on the map of new face scouting both for male and female models.

After a call from Rosie Daly, head editor of new faces at theones2watch.com at MODELS.com, getting an offer of placing the new models on her website, Nils answered positively, which led to launch of the man’s section on theones2watch.com.

By this time, Nils received a call from Russel Marsh, asking for models to directly attend Prada casting in Milan, which led to an exclusive contract with couple of male models to walk Prada show. The next season Raumanis received a similar offer from Jil Sander, asking for models for the first show after Raf Simons took over the creative director position for the brand.

In a positive set of circumstances, Raumanis scouted models walked shows of Dior Homme, Alexander McQueen, Jil Sander, Rick Owens, A.F.Vandevorst, Ann Demeulemeester, Victoria's Secret, Gucci, Christian Dior, Nina Ricci, Moschino, John Varvatos, Versace, Givenchy and did advertisement campaigns for brands like Yves Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, Kenzo, Car Shoes, Carolina Herrera Perfume, H&M, Coca Cola, Air France, Moschino, Moschino Cheap&Chic, Marc Jacobs, Tiger of Sweden, J. Crew, Christian Dior Timepieces, Lacoste, Hugo Boss, Dolce & Gabbana, Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue Paris, Vogue Hellas, Vogue Italia, Numero, Numero China, Harper's Bazaar and others.

In 2009, Nils meets John Casablancas, accepting an offer of becoming a partner and head of STARSYSTEM Latvia.

To this date, Nils Raumanis scouted such top model faces like Ginta Lapiņa, Ieva Lagūna, Eva Bērzina, Dmitrijs Kopeikins, Toms Birkavs, Denija Sarkanbikse,Guntars Ašmanis, Dace Burkavica, Miks Kaidaks.