Eugenio Casnighi is an Italian model who recently claimed that he was allegedly fired from his greeter position at the Met Gala following an incident involving Kylie Jenner, find out more about his bio, age and birthday
Notably, Casnighi’s rugged looks brought in a lot of media attention, sparking a lot of curiosity over his identity.
Who is model Eugenio Casnighi who got fired from Met Gala for outshining Kylie Jenner, bio, age, birthday, height and Instagram
Italian model Eugenio Casnighi fired from the Met Gala for outshining Kylie Jenner. pic.twitter.com/xuWUk9KQjG
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Casnighi revealed the shocking news about allegedly getting fired through a now-viral TikTok video.
Eugenio Casnighi fired from Met Gala
Italian model Eugenio Casnighi recently shared a video on TikTok where he stated that he just got fired from the Met Gala. The model further added that they fired him because he went viral last year at the event. Despite being initially confirmed to attend this year’s event, Casnighi stated that the organisers disinvited him and accused him of attracting too much attention to himself.
Following the revelations, Casnighi claimed that he has a bunch of messages and emails that support his statements. He shared how he was disappointed over being removed from the event at such short notice, despite being given instructions to work with Kylie Jenner. Following the events, he is now free from a non-disclosure agreement, and the model plans to share more about. He stated:
I can say much more, because legally I can say whatever I want now.”
Eugenio went viral at last year’s Met Gala, where he was captured in the background of Kylie Jenner’s photo. In another video at the same event, the person filming the interview of Emma Chamberlain and Jennie shifted the focus of the camera from Blackpink to Casnighi after his looks seemingly caught the attention of the cameraman.
The video went viral with the caption:
Trying to focus on Emma interviewing Jennie from Blackpink, but…”
Eugenio Casnighi bio
Eugenio Casnighi is a popular Italian model who was born on July 30, 1997, in Italy. Casnighi gained a lot of prominence following an accidental video-bombing during an interview of Jennie Kim from BLACKPINK. The incident happened at the Met Gala in 2023 and went viral after a video in his TikTok account, eugeni0_. The video earned 3 million views in just over 2 weeks.
Age and height
Eugenio Casnighi is currently 26 years old and stands at a height of 6’1”.
Education
Eugenio Casnighi obtained a bachelor’s degree in graphic and visual design from the Istituto Europeo di Design in 2019. He later went on to earn a C2 certification from Eas Milan in 2021.
Career
Eugenio Casnighi works under Q Model Management and has previously appeared in various campaigns for brands like Guess and Calvin Klein. He has also appeared in various publications, like Huf and Boss Magazine, and works as the senior graphic designer at iWorld, LLC.
Eugenio Casnighi is quite popular on social media and has an Instagram account with the handle @eugeni0_. He has over 215,000 followers on his page.