Daily Mail UK
By ALEX HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 07:12 EST, 13 January 2024 | UPDATED: 15:16 EST, 13 January 2024
He lived a life of untrammeled 1970s fabulousness – then seemed to vanish off the face of the Earth, leaving only a tantalizing enigma behind.
But fans of Sterling St. Jacques would expect no less of the world’s first male supermodel, who is now largely forgotten.
His star blazed brightly throughout the disco era, when he bestrode Manhattan like he owned it – and dazzled the upper echelons of the A-list at New York’s iconic Studio 54 nightclub.
Breathtakingly handsome, with a statuesque 6’2 physique and astonishing blue eyes, St. Jacques lived in a ritzy Central Park South apartment, a few blocks from the famed, cocaine-fueled disco palace.