Didier Cohen
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Didier Cohen is an American-born Australian model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 and is an Australian media personality.

Early Life

Didier’s career began in music in LA where he worked as one of LA’s youngest Music Industry Execs starting at 18 as A&R scout for Immortal Records/Epic, RCA Records under music industry legends Clive Davis and Jeff Blue. He consolidated his A&R presence working on marketing, production and artist development for artists such as Kings Of Leon, Kelly Clarkson, Dave Mathews Band, Foo Fighters and Kasabian. At 20 he moved over to A&R /Management for Velvet Hammer Records/Management. Assisting in the management of multi platinum bands System Of A Down, Deftones, Rise Against and signing multi platinum group, One Republic.

Cohen left his wealthy Los Angeles home at the age of 17. Living on the streets, his lifestyle disintegrated into a blur of cocaine, partying, binge drinking and sleeping from couch to couch after he landed a job in the music industry.

Cohen was on the streets where he was discovered modelling in Australia.

Career

Didier Cohen is an actor, model and DJ. Didier recently appeared on Channel Nine’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’.

Didier performs in the music project TEN-DMC djing around the country, producing, MC'ing and singing on their own tracks. \

Didier is an international model, Didier has featured in campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana, Nike and Adidas, and was the face of Industrie with Miranda Kerr for two years.

Didier has starred in three short films (Nightcrawlers, Coincidence and Mind Games), directed by up and coming filmmaker James Demitri and will also feature in and co-direct the documentary film, The LA Story; including Tal Cooperman, Benji & Joel Madden, Ryan Sheckler, Pink, Carey Heart, Paris Hilton.

A tattoo aficionado Didier will be the guest editor of the December 2010 issue of Inked Magazine.

Didier was co-host of the Fashion Forward Festival Sydney and he is developing his own casual clothing line.

Didier is skilled in snowboarding, skateboarding, cycling, riding, swimming, basketball and track and field.

Television

Didier cried and broke down after his stint as a team captain on Celebrity Apprentice Australia. This impressed Mark Bouris, and Cohen's team won the challenge.http://www.digitalspy.com.au/australian-tv/news/a348501/aussie-celebrity-apprentices-didier-cohen-breaks-down-during-task.html

Cohen competed in and was later eliminated from The Celebrity Apprentice Australia
The Celebrity Apprentice Australia
The Celebrity Apprentice Australia is a celebrity version of The Apprentice Australia series. It began to air on the Nine Network on 24 October 2011...

, where he was raising money for his charity, Youth Off The Streets
Youth Off The Streets
Youth Off The Streets is an Australian community organisation working for young people who are homeless, drug dependent and recovering from abuse.It was started in 1991 by Father Chris Riley...

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