Tom Nicon, French model, has died from an apparent sucide he was 22

Tom Nicon, a 22-year-old French model who was known as a top runway walker, was found dead today in Milan, one day before the start of Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week. Nicon is said to have fallen from a window in his apartment. Nicon was a French fashion model who modeled for a number of clients including Louis Vuitton, GQ and Vogue,^[1][2]. He took part in shows for Burberry Prorsum, John Varvatos, Moncler, Moschino, Z Zegna, Dries van Noten, Hugo Boss, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Tim Hamilton and Yves Saint Laurent. He was most famous for being the "face" for top UK fashion house Burberry^[3]

(born in Toulouse, France 22 March 1988 – Milan, Italy on 18 June 2010)

Nicon's body was found in the courtyard of a building in central Milan on 23 June 2010 after falling four floors from a window of an apartment he was residing in and just hours before a scheduled show he was to appear in at Milan Fashion Week event.^[4] He had been depressed following a split from his Italian girlfriend. He had attended a Versace fitting on the same morning. Police are treating Nicon's death as a suicide.^[5] Police are investigating.^[6][7]

Nicon’s death is the latest in a series of top models passing, including Ambrose Olsen and Lina Marulanda. Sports Illustrated model Noemie Lenoir attempted suicide just last month.

Nicon had appeared in shows for Versace, Louis Vuitton, Gareth Pugh and Costume National, among others. Isaac Likes speculated about a tribute to Nicon at some of the first shows tomorrow, in which Nicon might have appeared.

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