Jillian Mercado is a fashion blogger and the editor at We The Urban… A few months ago, she saw a casting call from clothing company Diesel. They were looking for young, hip models that represented a variety of cultural backgrounds. Mercado figured Why not? and sent in some pictures on a lark.

Soon after, she got an email asking for more pics because, “We are kind of interested in having you in the campaign.”

Along with 22 others, Mercado was chosen to be the face of Diesel in their next campaign and went in for a photo shoot with art director Nicola Formichetti. She didn’t know when that campaign was going to launch.

Then on Tuesday she woke up to find that she’d been tagged on Instagram by Formichetti…

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