GSB's Own Top Model
2nd-Year Navigates Competitive World of Corporate Modeling
Dinesh Kalwani
Issue date: 4/1/05 Section: GSB Life
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"I came here to get an education; I never really planned on all this hype," said Sherry as he peered over his shoulder in a booth at Medici's to a table of students pointing at him and giggling. We were having lunch at 3 p.m., the only time I could get on his calendar according to his publicist, and, according to him, "the only time I can have lunch - you know, when there isn't a crowd."
It has been almost six months since Sherry Hameed landed on the cover of BusinessWeek's hot selling "B-School Rankings" issue. A 2nd-year student at second-ranked Chicago's Graduate School of Business, Sherry has since appeared in several prestigious Chicago GSB publications, including GSB Career Services' 2003-04 Employment Report (another cover shot) and the Dean's Report. Deans and photographers have lauded his professionalism and humility, a combination rare in the high-stakes world of corporate modeling, and asked him to appear in several future publications. "He's such a gentleman. For the Employment Report shoot, he insisted on dressing himself, saving us on wardrobe costs, and even bought a bottle of wine for the crew after we wrapped," said a representative from Career Services.
His fan base extends far beyond deans and GSB administrators. Not a day goes by without an unknown GSBer accosting Sherry in the cafeteria with recognition: "You're the guy from the cover right. Omigod, I'm such a fan!" "The other day, I was approached by a couple of lab school girls!" said Sherry incredulously: "that was when I realized I was never going to have a normal life again."
As much as he likes to attribute the BusinessWeek breakthrough to hard work and passion, Fred Lee likens it to luck. Lee, also appeared in the same issue, but was relegated to a picture that could be described as ordinary at best - three to four students on each side of Ted Snyder, looking up admiringly towards the Dean while he smiles into the camera. Contrast that with Sherry's cover shot, where he looks up at the camera in a smile and stance that a certain rival school's dean describes as "confident and knowing" - attributes that define the typical Chicago GSB student.
It has been almost six months since Sherry Hameed landed on the cover of BusinessWeek's hot selling "B-School Rankings" issue. A 2nd-year student at second-ranked Chicago's Graduate School of Business, Sherry has since appeared in several prestigious Chicago GSB publications, including GSB Career Services' 2003-04 Employment Report (another cover shot) and the Dean's Report. Deans and photographers have lauded his professionalism and humility, a combination rare in the high-stakes world of corporate modeling, and asked him to appear in several future publications. "He's such a gentleman. For the Employment Report shoot, he insisted on dressing himself, saving us on wardrobe costs, and even bought a bottle of wine for the crew after we wrapped," said a representative from Career Services.
His fan base extends far beyond deans and GSB administrators. Not a day goes by without an unknown GSBer accosting Sherry in the cafeteria with recognition: "You're the guy from the cover right. Omigod, I'm such a fan!" "The other day, I was approached by a couple of lab school girls!" said Sherry incredulously: "that was when I realized I was never going to have a normal life again."
As much as he likes to attribute the BusinessWeek breakthrough to hard work and passion, Fred Lee likens it to luck. Lee, also appeared in the same issue, but was relegated to a picture that could be described as ordinary at best - three to four students on each side of Ted Snyder, looking up admiringly towards the Dean while he smiles into the camera. Contrast that with Sherry's cover shot, where he looks up at the camera in a smile and stance that a certain rival school's dean describes as "confident and knowing" - attributes that define the typical Chicago GSB student.