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IS IT SUMMER YET?
Posted in Fun Stuff, Men, Women with tags bikers, burnt, excited, farmers tan, humor, Justin Monroe, LA, Los Angeles, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, red, season, summer, sun, sunburn, sunny, Tan, tan line, tans, weather, white trash on March 13, 2013 by monroelandCHOCOLATE CITY – A BLACK MALE STRIPPERS TALE
Posted in Fun Stuff, Men, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, Personality, Videos with tags a black male strippers tale, affair, chocolate, chocolate city, entertainment, hitchhiker, Justin Monroe, Los Angeles, Men, milan christopher, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, muscle, pregnant, Rock Bottom, scandal, sex, stripper, strippers, stud, THREESOME, thumbs up thumbs down, Youtube on March 13, 2013 by monroelandMODEL OF THE MONTH – STEVEN DEHLER
Posted in Fun Stuff, Interview, Men, Model of the Month, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, Personality, Tear Sheets with tags abbey, beach boy, blog, blonde, business, california boy, designers, dragon, firefighter, gay, go go boy, go go dancing, Halloween, interview, Justin Monroe, Los Angeles, male, Men, model, model of the month, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, muscle, photographers, physical, pool boy, Steven Dehler, stud, weho, West Hollywood on December 5, 2012 by monroelandIntroducing December’s model of the month Steven Dehler.
INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR STEVEN
1) Please tell us about yourself. where did u grow up? are you an only child?
I was born and raised in Simi Valley, CA – a city a short distance outside of Los Angeles. It was the typical suburban town; very family-oriented. I have an older brother who is an LA city firefighter. After college, I began to pursue modeling. I had modeled off and on for years, but I never made it a priority because I wanted to finish school first. So I feel pretty lucky to have done what I have so far and I look forward to doing more.
2) if you had only one word to describe yourself what would be?
Silly. Ha ha
3) Tell us about your typical day?
Well, modeling isn’t the most ‘typical’ career so every day can bring something different. But if I had to describe a typical day; I wake up, get a workout in, if I have a shoot that day I usually do a light workout beforehand, if I’m off then I usually get errands and stuff done, and then I workout a second time. My “day job” is go-go dancing at the Abbey in West Hollywood so that what my night usually is. You can find me there most nights.
4) what else would you be if you were not a model?
If I wasn’t currently modeling then I would probably still be in school. I’d be getting a masters degree of some sort. Other than modeling I always had an interest in music and architecture so I’d be getting my masters in one of those. Who knows, maybe I’ll go back someday.
5) What is your favorite part of your body?
Hmmm I would have to say my eyes. Not only because they’re blue but also because you can tell a lot about what a person thinking by the expression in their eyes. I’ve gotten pretty good at hiding that so you never know what I’m thinking. Adds a little mystery 
6) what is your definition of happiness?
I would say my definition of happiness is success. You can take that however you’d like. For some success is getting that promotion they wanted or living in a home they love. You can’t be a driven person and not be a happy one. The more drive you have the more success you’ll receive and that I believe is a good base for happiness. I’d never let someone else dictate whether I’m happy or not.
7) if it was your last day on earth what would u do?
I’d spend it with my best friend
8) Who is your inspiration/role model?
There are a lot of people I get inspired by. I’m always keeping up with fashion and photography. It’s great to be able to work with people that inspire me as well. There are many photographers, models, designers, etc. that I’ve had the pleasure of being able to work with who’ve inspired me to be a better model.
9) What is your favorite holiday? and why?
Halloween. Who doesn’t love to dress up? Haha
10) What is your next project?
I have a few things that are in the works at the moment. I’m going to be working with a few photographers on some fun projects soon as well as possibly doing some acting in a project I can’t really go into detail about. But when it happens you’ll know.
11) what is your favorite sexual posission?
Haha um, I think I’ll keep that in the bedroom
12) are you single or taken?
Single
13) what is your favorite part of a photo shoot? what is your least favorite?
My favorite part of a photoshoot is that moment when you just nail exactly what you were looking to do. It’s fun when the photographer gets excited because a good amount of the time you’re trying to bring his/her ideas to life. So when you get “the shot” it’s always a really good feeling. My least favorite is definitely the waiting part. Some shoots require a ton of preparation – especially working with female models. There’s the hair, makeup, styling, etc. In a shoot that lasts 5-6+ hours you probably only spend a total amount of an hour in front of the camera.
14) what are u currently working on? ether in your business or personal?
Well I feel like I answered the business aspect of what I’m currently working on in your previous question, but in my personal life I’m just keeping myself in shape – mentally and physically. Modeling (and go-go dancing) requires you to be in great shape at all times. Other than that I plan on doing some traveling in the future and hopefully work with some photographers abroad. I’ll keep you posted J
JUSTIN MONROE FEATURED IN FRONTIERS HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Posted in Covers, Fun Stuff, Men, Monroe-land Mag, Promotion, Tear Sheets with tags Ass, blog, book, butts, entertainment, Fontiers, FontiersLA, gay, gift guide, holiday gift guide, holidays, Justin Monroe, Los Angeles, muscle men, Rock Bottom, xxx on November 27, 2012 by monroelandCheck out the rest of the list at www.FrontiersLA.com
THAT GIRL V BOZEMAN DROPS HER NEW MUSIC VIDEO “POISON”
Posted in Celebrity, Fun Stuff, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, Personality, Promotion, Videos, Women with tags bootay, Cee lo Green, go go boy, it girl, Justin Monroe, LA, Los Angeles, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, music, poison, Rock Bottom, sensation, sexy, that girl v, The Abbey, V Bozeman, Video, West Hollywood on November 14, 2012 by monroelandGearing up for Monroe-land’s hot night of Rock Bottom go go boys and new music sensation V Bozeman. Guaranteed to be a party you will not forget. V Bozeman is one of Monroe-land’s favorite new artists. She has the licks, the looks, and the bootay.
The party will be held at The Abbey in West Hollywood November 24.
“LEGEND” – FEATURING JAMIE DOMINIC
Posted in Editorial, Men, Model of the Month, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, XXX with tags Ass, blog, bulge, dick, downtown, gay, Jamie Dominic, Justin Monroe, legend, Los Angeles, man, Men, Monroe, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, muscle, muscular, Naked, nude, sexy, tattoo, tattoos, underwear, xxx on August 9, 2012 by monroeland
GLAM MONSTER – DONATO STYLE
Posted in Fun Stuff, Interview, Men, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, Promotion with tags artist, dare, Denato, glam, interview, Justin Monroe, Los Angeles, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, monster, style, Tosh Yanez, wear on June 6, 2012 by monroelandJustin Monroe’s exclusive interview with Los Angeles artist/designer Donato Style scheduled to release June 15.
Only here at www.monroe-land.com. Do you dare to wear?
MONROE-LAND’S MODEL OF THE MONTH – TOSH YANEZ
Posted in Celebrity, Fun Stuff, Interview, Men, Model of the Month, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag with tags BEAUTY, Dali Lama, Donna Karan, Dr seuss, Ester Goldberg, guns, gym, health, iconic, interview, italian, Justin Monroe, Kate Moss, LA, latino, Little Red Riding Hood, Los Angeles, Madonna, male, Marilyn Monroe, Mert and Marcus, model, model of the month, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, Mozart, New York, NY, Pam Anderson, supermodel, teen magazine, Tosh Yanez, werewolf on May 18, 2012 by monroelandMONROE-LAND INTERVIEW WITH MODEL TOSH YANEZ
Justin Monroe: Describe yourself in three words?
Tosh Yanez: Enthusiastic, Boyish and Creative
JM: What has been your most memorable photo shoot to date?
TY: My most memorable shoot was a Donna Karen Campaign; which was professionally and personally ful-fulling. It was the shot that changed the direction of my career and life.
JM: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever been asked to do and did?
TY: The craziest thing I’ve done on a shoot, was dressing up as a werewolf and peeing on Little Red Riding Hood; which was for your book! I love the picture of “Grandma” (Ester Goldberg) blowing me away with machine guns.
JM: What was your experience like shooting with Mert and Marcus?
TY: Shooting with Mert and Marcus was an honor! I had been a fan of their work for years prior to the shoot. Not only are they brilliant artists, but they also have a great sense of humor and a unique way of making their set feel like family environment.
JM: You have modeled along side some iconic people (Kate Moss, Pam Anderson). Who was your favorite person to work with on a photo shoot?
TY: Kate Moss was one of my favorite model counterparts. She is one of the most iconic supermodels in history. I had a great time working with her. She would crack jokes with the crew all day and dance to ’80 music! She’s a huge Madonna fan and after the shoot she asked me to sing “Borderline” to her. I suck at singing but she still loved it!
JM: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
TY: If I could change one thing about myself, it be my trait of being too nice to the wrong people.
JM: How did you get involved with the world of male modeling? Were you discovered and if so by whom?
TY: I was discovered by the editor of Teen Magazine. She would often put me in her magazine’s editorials. She was the one that first encouraged me to go in and get an agent.
JM: What goes through your mind when you see these big advertisements with your image on them?
TY: Its’ still very exciting for me. Whenever I see a billboard or magazine of myself I immediately want to show it to my parents! They love it. My mom has a whole collection of my magazines at home.
JM: What are your beauty secrets to keep up with your appearance?
TY: My beauty secret??? Dirty Martinis. haha, NO! I eat healthy and basically live at the gym. I’d like to get more sleep than I do though.
JM: If you could have a dinner party with any three people dead or alive who would it be and why?
TY: At my fantasy dinner party I’d invite Mozart, Marilyn Monroe and the Dali Lama. I’d like to think I have a bit of each one of them living in me.
JM: What is the one thing you cannot live without?
TY: The one thing I can’t live without, besides my Ipod, would be my parents! I have latino/Italian roots! We are all about Familia!
JM: What kind of legacy would you like to leave behind?
TY: I love the art and work that I have been a part of. I take pride in every image and project I’m a part of. I enjoy creating beautiful images with talented people. I love knowing that I can be a part of something that inspires people or even just help them escape from reality some times.
JM: Favorite quote of all time?
TY: “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr. Seuss
CASTING LA’S HOTTEST GO-GO BOYS FOR UPCOMING SHOOT!
Posted in Men, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, Porn star, Promotion with tags blog, casting, gay, go go boys, Justin Monroe, LA, Los Angeles, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, porn on March 19, 2012 by monroelandJustin Monroe is casting the hottest go-go boys for an upcoming shoot this Sunday (3/25/12). Please send all submissions to photography@justinmonroe.com. Attach either a link to your modeling portfolio online or include a variety of images within the email.
MONROE-LAND’S MODEL OF THE MONTH BEN PATRICK JOHNSON
Posted in Celebrity, Interview, Men, Model of the Month, MODELS, Monroe-land Mag, Personality with tags 2012, 20th Century Fox, advocate, American-Islamic Relations, Ben Patrick Johnson, Bloomberg, CA, CBS, civil rights, Congo, Fox, gay, Gay Men's Chorus, gym, Justin Monroe, Karen Armstrong, LGBT, liberal, LifeWorks, Los Angeles, marijuana, Men, Mexico, Minnesota, missionary, model of the month, MONROE LAND, MONROELAND, Nickelodeon, NOH8, novel, personality, religious tolerance, Snoop Dog, St. Paul, tortoise, voice over, West Hollywood on January 13, 2012 by monroeland
J.M. Where are you from? and what kind of child were you?
I’m the baby of six kids, raised by my siblings and former missionary parents in St. Paul, Minnesota, on and around a particularly liberal and international Liberal Arts college campus where my dad taught French. Growing up, I had no idea that protests, flag burning, public drunkenness and the like … were not the norm, nor was a strong emphasis on volunteerism and ‘Good Samaritan’ service work.
As a kid, I was both driven and clumsy. I found it almost impossible to follow the rules and expectations in front of me. I was forever starting ambitious projects like writing and distributing books (“published” with the mimeograph machine and paper cutter in the church office where my mother worked part-time.) At the same time, I often got C’s and D’s in school.
By age 7, I was going to keggers with my older sister Peggy and got painted up by her friends on LSD for “Springfest.” But I was socially awkward with kids my own age, teased a lot, andfelt the emotional sting many gay boys feel when they’re ostracized and belittled, if not outright bullied by kids around them.
J.M. What inspired you to become a model?
Another of my big sisters was a successful commercial actress and print model. I idolized her, and saw how she was treated like a celebrity on sets. There was an army of makeup people, clothing stylists and photographer’s assistants huddled around her. I yearned for that attention and the approval it seemed to embody.
Also, this was the Midwest in the 1970s. Life was humble … and beige. ANY photo shoot would’ve been newsworthy. The large commercial ones my sister dragged me to amazed me with their craft service tables and massage therapists.
When I was 15, she got me with an appointment with her modeling agent. They took me on provisionally–I was gawky but looked wholesome and corn fed, so they were willing to give me a shot.
It was probably three months before I booked my first gig through them, a back-to-school poster for a local optical chain. Glamorous? No. But I felt like the king of the world.
J.M. We know that modeling is your passion, what is your day job?
I’m a voice-over narrator. I do promos and trailers. I do a good chunk of the VOs you hear on FOX, some of CBS, all of Bloomberg, about half of Nickelodeon, and most of the 20th Century Fox movies aimed at kids and family audiences.
I also write books. I’ve got four novels available now. The most recent of them is IF THE RAINS DON’T CLEANSE, a historical novel based on my parents’ experiences while missionary schoolteachers in Congo in the 1950s. I wrote about the brutality of the environment they encountered, as well as the ugliness of colonialism, something my parents eventually could no longer stomach. Mom and Dad decided to leave and escaped Congo just as the handover of power from Belgium to locals erupted in bloodshed. (It was back stateside that I was born.)
J.M. What kind of shoots do you like to do?
I’m pretty much done with commercials shoots. They don’t really interest me any more. Men have an advantage with modeling in that we can typically work for more years than women can. But if things aren’t interesting to me, if I don’t feel inspired or challenged, I tend not to do them. Hollywood has been kind enough to pay me well for stuff I do, so I have the option to pick and choose what I work on.
At this point, I am all about collaborating with talented photographers, stylists, etc. to push the limits of what each of us can do as performers, artists, and craftspeople. So it ends up being a lot of coffee table books and benefit projects. I’m flattered to be profiled by YOU, because you are one of my very favorite photographers of all time, not just technically but because of your out-of-the-box thinking, attention to detail/perfectionism, and almost freakish devotion to creating alternate worlds.
I won’t say ‘no’ to certain commercial projects here and there — there’s a salon in West Hollywood whose owners I am fond of, and for the last few years I’ve done the big posters in their windows. And I’ve done ads and posters for a few gyms and fitness products I like.
How about this? I like shoots where I feel afterward that I’ve grown. Or where camera has seen a side of me that’s not been explored before.
J.M. Would you consider yourself a good boy or a bad boy? And what would others consider you to be?
As coy as it may sound, it depends on who you ask. I’m very much a mix of angel and devil, and different people see in very different roles. Mostly I’m a good boy — I do a lot of philanthropy and service work, don’t stay out late or hang with the party crowd. As far as bad boy goes … in my day I’ve been involved in a romantic tangle or two. (grin)
J.M. You seem to be a Renaissance man and have your hands in various charities and political arenas? What is your personal agenda?
I’m and advocate and activist for civil rights and religious tolerance.
My main focus is on the LGBT community, and our youth and seniors in particular. But I’m also passionate about protecting the rights of Muslim-Americans and others whose background or beliefs don’t match the current mainstream.
I have my own small foundation and sit on the boards of several organizations including the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and the NOH8 Campaign. I just became a member of the LifeWorks mentoring cabinet and in 2011 I joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
J.M. What is your life-long dream?
May I choose more than one? I’d like to see the world be a kinder place for all people. I’d like to see us give each other the benefit of the doubt more. We’re generally horrible to each other, but have it within us to be remarkable. I want to be an agent of change, a walking/talking catalyst to motivate others to find their better self.
For me personally, I want to get a house in the mountains and move there at least half time. I want a place with a creek on the property, water gurgling day and night as it falls on the rocks. I want hiking trails.
And I want a gorgeous semi-crazy man to share it with.
J.M. What two celebrities, dead or alive, would you want to have at a dinner with and what would you ask them?
I’ll skip the obvious answers like Jesus and Obama. How about this — I’d like to have dinner with Snoop Dog and Biblical scholar Karen Armstrong.
I’ve always had a feeling I’d get along really well with Snoop, though we’ve never met. Not sure exactly what we’d talk about but I suspect there’d be a lot of marijuana involved. Snoop has this sort of pragmatic groundedness that really appeals to me. Not to compare Snoop to a tortoise, but his degree of calm is the same that African Sulcata tortoises show, and it’s why I keep them as pets.
Karen Armstrong is a brilliant woman who has accrued such remarkable wisdom over the course of her life — first as a nun, then as a leading expert on Islam — that the seems to sweat wisdom and brilliance. I’m guessing that, at dinner, I’d hardly have to ask her anything — “How’s the weather?” would get a brainy, zany comeback that’d have me keyed up with excitement, reconsidering my position on the sky, weather, and what it all means.
J.M. What is your favorite sexual position?
Favorite position? Employed, beotch!
No, no, no … I’m very passionate and love to be really engaged with the guy I’m having sex with. So sometimes my favorite “position” is just bodies pressed together, making out, staring in each other’s eyes, hands exploring.
As far as the rest of it, let’s just say this: I was initially drawn to your photography, Mr. Monroe, for two reasons — the over-the-top artistic whimsy, and the way you photograph and showcase men’s asses. I’m all about a gorgeous ass and thoughts of what I might do to and with it.
Does that answer your question? (smirks)
J.M. If you were an animal what would you be and why?
I’d be a caracal, a medium-sized wildcat native to the very southern U.S. and parts of Mexico and Central America. They’re fierce-looking but kindly, with golden coats, muscled athletic bodies, and giant ears made for listening.
J.M. What exciting projects have you been doing lately and what is in the future for Ben Patrick Johnson?
I’ve been blessed with lots and lots of voice-over work this year — almost 3,500 voice-over sessions total in 2011. I’m helping raise my two teenaged Godchildren. I’m in the middle of writing my sixth novel, which I will complete in 2012. And I hope to do a number of interesting shoots with you, sir!
Oh and there’s that idea of meeting and eventually marrying a gorgeous, semi-crazy guy … with a great backside.
J.M. What is your favorite quote of all time?
It’s the Golden Rule — not a quote, really, but the foundation of most world religions before they get twisted by our fears, pettiness and desire to control others. If there’s a single useful rule for how to get along in life, this is surely it:
“Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You.”
Try it every day! And know I’ll be doing the same.
