Alexander Beck worked part-time scrubbing fryers and serving food at his local Essex fish and chip shop while studying for his AS levels.

But the 17-year-old's life has been turned upside down after he was spotted by top fashion scout Cesar Perin while shopping with friends in a Cambridge bookshop.

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Opportunity knocks: Alexander Beck worked part-time scrubbing fryers before he was spotted by a top fashion scout and went on to model for Prada at Milan Fashion Week last month

Just one month later Alexander, who had never modelled before, was booked by Italian fashion house Prada to model their clothes on the catwalk at Milan fashion week.

He is now being hailed as one of Britain's most promising new faces and has already appeared for YSL, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Vogue.