Pietro Boselli (born 3 December 1988) is an

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, and former mathematics

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. He has been dubbed the "world’s hottest maths teacher." Boselli's

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account has 3.5 million followers.

Biography

Pietro, the eldest of four brothers, was born in

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, but raised in

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which is his hometown. When he was 6-years-old, he was discovered by an agent, and began his modelling career with

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. He completed his

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from

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Statale Annibale Calini in 2007. He then moved to London at the age of 18 to study

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at University College London (UCL)–graduating with a first-class degree (

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) in 2010 and a

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in 2016. During his PhD, he was a

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from September 2010 to June 2013, a

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from September 2013 to June 2014, and a

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from October 2014 to March 2015, in UCL. In 2015, a

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post from 2014 by one of his students, which mentioned that he was also a successful model, went viral. Reacting to his fame, while Boselli has been appreciative, he has spoken against male objectification and the 'dumb model'

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and similar

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on multiple occasions.

Modeling

Boselli is represented by British

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Models 1. In 2014, he won first place at the World Beauty Fitness & Fashion (WBFF) European ProAm event in the fitness model category. He has been seen in

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modeling campaigns for clothing retailer

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and fitness club

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, as well as the fashion house

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and

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magazine. He has also appeared in spreads for '' GQ Style'' and was featured on the cover of ''

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''. In 2016, he was signed by

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for their EA7 campaign. In the same year, he founded

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brand Petra Design. In August 2020, he was featured on a lenticular cover of ''GQ Italia'' which switched between his image and an image of

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. The magazine was successfully sued by the

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, which holds the image rights of the statue, for using a photo of the statue without their permission.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boselli, Pietro 1988 births People from the Province of Verona Italian male models Living people Alumni of University College London Italian expatriates in the United Kingdom 21st-century Italian mathematicians 21st-century Italian engineers