John Gidding Biography
John Gidding is a Turkish-American designer, television personality, and former fashion model. He started his modeling career in the year 2000, when he was a graduate student, performing runway shows for Armani, Gucci, and Hugo Boss before being represented by Wilhelmina Models in New York City.
Initially, Before entering the design profession, Gidding was the spokesmodel for Jhane Barnes in 2004 and 2005. He has also appeared on several covers of many romance novels.
He was voted for as; one of “Yale’s 50 Most Beautiful People” in 1999 by Rumpus Magazine, one of “Boston’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors” by The Improper Bostonian in 2002, one of “Atlanta’s 50 Most Beautiful People” by Jezebel Magazine and as one of Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles’s “Emerging Talent: Twenty Under 40” in 2008.
10 Quick Facts About John Gidding
- Name: John Gidding
- Age: 45 years
- Birthday: January 7
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Height: Average
- Nationality: Turkish-American
- Occupation: Designer, Television Personality, and Former Fashion Model
- Marital Status: Not Known
- Salary: Under review
- Net worth: $16 Million
John Gidding Age
Gidding was born on January 7, 1977. He is 45 years old as of 2022.
John Gidding Family
Gidding was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, to an American father and a Turkish mother.
John Gidding Education
He lived in Turkey and later moved to the U.S. where he went to college after attending Leysin American School in Leysin, Switzerland. He went to Yale University and graduated in 1999 with a BA in architecture, then the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a Master’s in architecture.
When he was in Yale, he sang a cappella with The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus and choral music with the Yale Glee Club, and at Harvard, he sang with the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum.
John Gidding Wife
Gidding dated Damian Smith. The duo grew their relationship until he asked the famous question. The couple has been together since 2013.
John Gidding Net Worth
John Gidding has an estimated net worth of $16 Million.
John Gidding Design
Gidding worked as a designer for Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates for 2 years but when he relocated to New York City, he started John Gidding Design, Inc.
John Gidding Career
He has been married to ballet dancer Damian Smith since 2013
Speaking of his career, Gidding made his debut in television with the ABC Family TV show Knock First, where he and three other designers took turns making over teenagers’ bedrooms. He had a show called Designed to Sell (2006-2011) which was canceled in early 2011 but still airs repeats on HGTV, and Knock First is still running in syndication internationally.
He is popularly known as the designer on Curb Appeal: The Block where his team spent $20,000 on improvements to the exterior and landscaping of chosen homeowners. Less expensive touch-ups were done for 2 or 3 nearby neighbors’ homes to improve overall neighborhood property values.
In 2015 portrayed as one of the best judges on the Fox TV show Home Free (2015 TV series). He joined the cast of the reboot of Trading Spaces, joining the cast alongside Paige Davis and Vern Yip.
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