How To Turn Your Grandpa Into A Model And Become Stinking Rich

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Alojz Abram was a glass blower in Slovenia like his father and grandfather before him. Fifty years ago he came with his wife to Germany. When he was 59 years old he retired. He joined a gym, worked in his garden, played with his grandchildren. Until . . . His quiet life as an old-age-pensioner ended after eleven years. One Christmas, his 23-year-old grandson Jannik wanted to do something funny. He persuaded his grandpa to put on some of his own clothes - red-white sneakers, tennis socks, corduroy trousers rolled up over his ankles, a white hoodie with a neck pouch across his chest. He uploaded the photo on Instagram. Grandpa did know what the Internet was but had never come across Instagram. **Now he does know**! The photo took the net by storm. Grandpa went viral. Producers of young fashion swamp him in a way that he had to get a bigger wardrobe. One photo brings a four-digit price! As grandpa feels that he has everything he needs in life, the money goes to his grandson on condition that he must not neglect his studies. Should he ever do this, grandpa will stop modelling at once. When grandpa goes to the supermarket, youngsters come to him to make selfies. In the gym, musclemen clap his shoulder and envy him his 220.000 followers. He is also known in China, Indonesia and the Philippines. Meanwhile, one can’t see Grandpa only in cutting-edge streetwear, he also advertises other products. Business people send him their products and describe how they want them photographed and then Grandpa and grandson go to work. Grandpa is 72 years old now. Have a look at this extraordinary late-in-life career! ----- (I can't find out who to thank for the photo I've used here. Very likely, it's grandson Jannik. Whoever it is, 'Thank you'.) More photos here: