Pietro Boselli

Pietro Boselli
Born (1988-12-03) 3 December 1988 (age 36)
Negrar, Veneto, Italy
Alma materUniversity College London (BEng, PhD)
Occupations
  • Model
  • engineer
  • teacher
Years active2004–present
Modeling information
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorHazel
AgencyModels 1
Websitepietroboselli.com

Pietro Boselli (born 3 December 1988) is an Italian model, engineer, and former mathematics postgraduate teacher at University College London. He has been dubbed the "world’s hottest maths teacher."[1][2][3][4][5] Boselli's Instagram account has 3.5 million followers.[6]

Biography

Pietro, the eldest of four brothers, was born in Negrar in Verona, but raised in Brescia which is his hometown.[7][8] When he was 6-years-old, he was discovered by an agent, and began his modelling career with Armani Junior.[9] He completed his secondary education from Liceo Scientifico Statale Annibale Calini in 2007.[10][11]

He then moved to London at the age of 18 to study mechanical engineering at University College London (UCL)–graduating with a first-class degree (BEng) in 2010 and a PhD in computational fluid dynamics in 2016.[12][13] During his PhD, he was a teaching assistant from September 2010 to June 2013, a lecturer from September 2013 to June 2014, and a visiting lecturer from October 2014 to March 2015, in UCL.[14][15]

In 2015, a Facebook post from 2014 by one of his students, which mentioned that he was also a successful model, went viral.[16][17][18] Reacting to his fame, while Boselli has been appreciative; he has spoken against male objectification, and the 'dumb model' stereotype and similar prejudices, on multiple occasions.[7][19][20][21][22][23]

Modeling

Boselli is represented by British modelling agency Models 1.[24] In 2014, he won first place at the World Beauty Fitness & Fashion (WBFF) European ProAm event in the fitness model category.[17] He has been seen in American modeling campaigns for clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch and fitness club Equinox,[9] as well as the fashion house Moschino and Vogue magazine. He has also appeared in spreads for GQ Style and was featured on the cover of Attitude.[25][26]

In 2016, he was signed by Armani for their EA7 campaign.[4][3] In the same year, he founded sportswear brand Petra Design.[27] In August 2020, he was featured on a lenticular cover of GQ Italia which switched between his image and an image of Michelangelo's David. The magazine was successfully sued by the Galleria dell'Accademia, which holds the image rights of the statue, for using a photo of the statue without their permission.[28]

References

  1. ^ Carlson, Adam (28 March 2015). "Meet the World's Hottest Math Teacher". TIME. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2024 – via People.
  2. ^ Bellos, Alex (11 June 2015). "World's hottest maths teacher Pietro Boselli: 'I model wet steam flow'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b Willett-Wei, Megan (26 March 2016). "The 'world's hottest math teacher' has a PhD in engineering and models for Armani". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b Maoui, Zak (29 March 2016). "World's hottest maths teacher Pietro Boselli becomes Armani model". British GQ. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ Vesey-Byrne, Joe (9 December 2016). "The 'world's hottest maths teacher'". Indy100. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Pietro Boselli". Instagram. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. ^ a b Beaty, Zoe (12 May 2015). "The Nation's 'Hottest Maths Teacher': 'I'm Too Good-looking To Be Taken Seriously'". Grazia. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  8. ^ Benasseni, Marco (3 August 2023). "Il top influencer Pietro Boselli in Maniva con la sua motocicletta". Bresciaoggi.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b Petrarca, Emilia (2 April 2016). "Pietro Boselli Is a Beautiful Gift to the Internet". W Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. ^ Boselli, Pietro (2 March 2011). "La vera sostanza dell'insegnare". Bresciaoggi.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  11. ^ Troncana, Alessandra (9 June 2015). "Muscoli (e cervello) in passerella". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ^ Tharrett, Matthew (25 August 2015). "Hot Teacher Pietro Boselli Talks Computational Fluid Dynamics In His Underwear". Logo TV. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ Boselli, P. (28 August 2016). An inverse design methodology for long last-stage steam turbine blades (Doctoral thesis). UCL (University College London).
  14. ^ "Pietro Boselli - PETRA DESIGN LTD". LinkedIn. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  15. ^ "From maths to modelling: Teacher surprises his students". Newsbeat. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  16. ^ "London College Students Discover That Their Math Lecturer Is Hunky Male Model". Instinct. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Man Who Works Two Jobs To Earn A Living Makes The News". HuffPost UK. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  18. ^ "【红领巾采访】揭秘那枚UCL颜值爆表的"数学老师"". RED SCARF 英国红领巾. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Pietro Boselli Experiences Male Objectification - UK Models". Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  20. ^ Lynch, Alison (21 April 2015). "World's hottest maths teacher tried to keep modelling career secret. Oops". Metro. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  21. ^ Vesey-Byrne, Joe (14 December 2016). "The 'world's hottest maths teacher' is fighting the 'dumb model' myth". Indy100. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  22. ^ Arias, Jacqueline (13 March 2017). "Pietro Boselli Wants You to Stop Viewing Smart People as Boring". Preen.ph. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  23. ^ Philippine Tatler (12 July 2017). "Pietro Boselli: Body & Soul". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  24. ^ "Pietro Boselli || FTAPE || Models Wall – Models 1 Blog". 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  25. ^ Hansen-Bundy, Benjy (21 December 2016). "Workout Tricks and Gym Style Tips That'll Help You Look as Good as This Guy". GQ. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  26. ^ Stroude, Will (7 September 2017). "Maths teacher-turned-model Pietro Boselli is Attitude's new cover guy". Attitude. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  27. ^ Wells, Jonathan. "Pietro Boselli introduces sporting fashion brand Petra". The Gentleman's Journal. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  28. ^ Bandara, Pesala (5 June 2023). "Museum Wins Lawsuit Over Photo of Michelangelo's David". PetaPixel. Retrieved 6 June 2023.