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'''Yogi Cameron Alborzian''' (born 26 February 1967) is a [[British-Iranian]] [[yoga]] and [[Ayurveda]] [[therapist]] and a former fashion model. After a successful career as male model in the fashion industry as the face of labels such as [[Guess (clothing)|Guess]], [[Levi's]] and [[Versace]] as well as a starring role in [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna's]] "[[Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]" video, he shifted his focus to work with people as an Ayurveda and yoga therapist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.details.com/blogs/daily-details/2012/07/supermodel-turned-yogi-cameron-alborzian-drops-by.html|title=Supermodel Turned Yogi Cameron Alborzian Drops By|last=Rosenblit|first=Rachel|date=6 July 2012|publisher=details.com|accessdate=11 November 2012}}</ref> ''The Guru in You'', his first book published in America, was released by HarperCollins in January 2011.

==Early life==
Alborzian was born in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]] to an English mother and Iranian father.<ref>{{cite web|title=Persian Mirror|url=http://www.persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=1468&getArticleCategory=59&getArticleSubCategory=231|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107171541/http://www.persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=1468&getArticleCategory=59&getArticleSubCategory=231|archivedate=7 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In late 1978, Alborzian’s parents sent him away to an English boarding school in response to the ever-increasing anti-Shah protests dominating the country.

He attended various boarding schools in England and Wales as well as one year of college before dropping out and moving to London. Soon after his arrival, a modelling scout on the street spotted him. Several weeks later he appeared in a [[Jean Paul Gaultier]] show in Paris to start off his career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elle Magazine|url=http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Beauty-Spotlight/EAT-PRAY-LOVE|access-date=19 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822085223/http://www.elle.com/Beauty/Beauty-Spotlight/EAT-PRAY-LOVE|archive-date=22 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
===Modelling===
Alborzian began work as a fashion model on the runways of Paris in 1986. Along with Gaultier, he worked for other designers such as [[Dior]] and [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|YSL]]. He did not achieve wider fame for his work until he landed a three-season campaign for Guess jeans in 1988. This work earned him a great deal of attention, including that of Madonna who handpicked him to be her love interest in the music video for her song "Express Yourself."{{cn|date=July 2020}} He appeared in the 1997 music video for [[Elton John]]'s "[[Something About the Way You Look Tonight]]", also starring [[Kate Moss]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Something About the Way You Look Tonight|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgBzy0-7B-4}}</ref> In 1998, he ended his career in fashion after he joined fellow models [[Naomi Campbell]], [[Christy Turlington]], and Kate Moss in visiting [[Nelson Mandela]] in South Africa for a charity event to benefit the Mandela Fund.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/widgets/mediaViewer/image?id=10440573}}</ref>

===Ayurveda and yoga therapist===
After the death of his close friend and mentor in [[natural medicine]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Alborzian|first=Yogi Cameron|title=The Guru in You|year=2010|publisher=HarperOne|location=San Francisco, CA|isbn=978-0-06-189803-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guruinyoupersona0000albo}}</ref> Alborzian attended the Integral Yoga and Satchidananda Ashram teacher training in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Integral Yoga Magazine|url=http://iymagazine.org/issues/2011_spring.html|access-date=19 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818185634/http://iymagazine.org/issues/2011_spring.html|archive-date=18 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as a [[reflexology]] masters course at the Open Center in New York City. He continued his studies at Arsha Yoga Vidya Peetam Trust in [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India in 2003. At Arsha, he studies Ayurveda and yoga under Sri V. Vasudevan, who studied in the lineage of Brahmasri Poomulli Neelakantan Namboothiripad, Brahmasri Cherukalakapurath Krishnan Namboothiri, and Yogi Narayanji Maharaj.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arsha Yoga|url=http://www.arshayoga.com/gallery.htm|access-date=19 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628151153/http://www.arshayoga.com/gallery.htm|archive-date=28 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Yogi Cameron is the author of four books: ''Ahora es el Momento'', ''The Guru in You'', ''The One Plan'', and ''The Yogi Code''.

== References ==

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== External links ==
* {{official|http://yogicameron.com/index.php}}

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