Carlos Sotelo

Carlito el chulito is my final Next Hottest Model on ExpressMen. Click on his name for more of his pix and his interview on ExpressMEN.

Stay tuned for the winner of my New York model-of-the-year award. The winner will be decided by readers from among eight contestants: Santiago, Corona, Joe, Nick, Will, Deilin, Erik and Carlos. Who's your favorite?

Sancocho

Been busy. Few shoots--with weeks to months between them. Decided to send a hodge-podge of sample shots to the guys at Beautiful. Here are some of the pix I call, "Sancocho." Click on the title above to read the full article and see all of the pix. Also below is a snippet of the write-up from the article.

"Sancocho is a Caribbean latino stew, where everything but the kitchen sink is thrown into a pot and slow-cooked until you get a nice, thick, meaty concoction. This is how Ricardo Muniz described the series he sent in for our consideration. We have to say, we are not quite sure if we agree with the mix and match image we get when hearing Ricardo’s explanation, but we do like the nice, meaty and slow-cooked sensation. Sex objects or not, there is no doubt Ricardo’s men are hot." --Beautiful Mag, October 24, 2009.

Special thanks to the models (Deilin, Will, Joe, Corona, Nick, David, Cesar and Jason) and the clothing people (Aussiebum, Wettackle, Vizeau, and ES Collection). And, of course, big hugs to Rob and Yann at Beautiful Mag.

Erik Gilmore

Erik, my former teammate from the Royals (BASL softball), is my latest model at Next Hottest Model. Congrats to you and Lidya on the baby.

Deilin

Deilin is my most recent model featured on Next's Hottest Model. He's also a rising star with campaigns for South Pole and Umbro coming out soon and a mini role on the new "Sex and the City" movie. He's now represented by Silver Models.

Click on his name to see and read his full feature on ExpressMEN.

"Pray for Me"

Bello Mag has been highly supportive of my photography work. Their continued publishing of my art has allowed me to provide ample opportunities for models, designers, stylists and other artists of color. I am highly grateful and appreciative of their belief in my work and my mission.

The following editorial combines my love of art with my passion for photography. It is a special body art fashion segment published in the most recent issue of Bello Mag (www.bellomag.com), Issue No. 11.

Special thanks go to Adrian Alicea of Nico & Adrian NY (his clothing), RoByn Thompson (www.nycbodyart.com), her inspiration, and the models: Deilin, Joe and Nicholas.

You can see more of my photography and art work at http://ricardomuniz.solomodels.com.

FAR Couture during NY Fashion Week

Alek and Step published my backstage and runway shots of Francisco A. Rosario's NY Fashion Week Show featuring his S/S 10 Collection in the most recent issue of Bello Mag (Issue No. 11).

Francisco, like many of the designers, models and artists I seek out and feature, is Latino: Dominican, to be exact.

Will Jimenez

Will Jimenez is a blue-eyed, Yonkers-bred, Dominican chulo who did some great work with me. Click on his name to see and read his featured spread in Next.