Will the jungle now become his catwalk?
“Best Model in the World” and “Munich Citizen of the Year”. The good-looking Papis Loveday (46) has already received these two titles. Now the handsome man from Senegal could too become king of the jungle
2023 Papis Loveday takes part in the 16th season of “ I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” part.
Papis Loveday in the jungle camp
From the start, Papis Loveday made it clear: he wants to win, and he wants to win with his body! “I’m the sexiest, the most fabulous, the hottest,” says the model. And that dr. Bob is his crush, he confirms that too.
Papis Loveday fascinates the competitor on day 2 Gigi Birofio (23) with his childhood stories and opens up in front of the camera: 26 siblings, the German-Italian can’t even imagine that. The model also talks about homophobia in his family. In Germany Papis lives freely, but in Senegal he cannot talk about his lover.
On day 4, Papis reveals that he is the son of a diplomat. He’s trying to bridge the big group divide between the Munich Zickeria and to settle the vegans. Across from Jana Pallaske (43) and Tessa Bergmeier (33) he proclaims: The blasphemies and separations will stop now. Well meant, but doesn’t work…
On day 6, Dads will help with the jungle test “Pfui-Dora”. During Claudia Effenberg (57), Verena Kerth (41) and Tessa Bergmeier have to eat several disgusting menus, Papis delivers the disgusting food as a bicycle courier. The menu includes pork nose, cow urine and chicken hearts.
Supplier Papis Loveday applauds Verena Kerth for defeating the “strangler burger”.
Papis Loveday’s profile
Life and career of Papis Loveday
Papis Loveday was born Pape Badji on January 3, 1977 in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. His mother is a diplomat and his father is a doctor. His father was married three times. Papis has six siblings and 19 half-siblings.
Papis Loveday, who speaks seven languages, attended a private school in Dakar and actually wanted to be a professional athlete.
After graduating from high school, he came to Paris on a sports scholarship, studied computer science there and was unlucky at first: After a herniated disc, he had to end his sports career prematurely.
Before that, however, he had been accidentally discovered as a model at the 2003 World Athletics Championships. His career began as the face of Benetton’s global United Colors campaign.
After that, his career took off: Papis Loveday modeled for all international designer brands: Armani, Dior, Versace and for John Galliano. He also adorned the covers of many international fashion magazines. From 2005 to 2008 Loveday was even the most booked male black top model worldwide.
Papis Loveday as a businessman
In 2011, Loveday became an entrepreneur alongside modeling. Together with a business partner, he founded “baobab holding GmbH” based in Munich. In 2012 he launched his champagne brand Papis, followed by Loveday Jeans.
In the same year, Papis Loveday was caught with 1.2 grams of cocaine during a raid in Munich. The investigation against him was finally dropped against a payment of 12,000 euros.
Papis Loveday’s TV career
Papis Loveday became known to TV viewers in 2014 as a juror for the “Next Top Model” format in Austria and Switzerland. Here he acted as catwalk coach for the model candidates.
- Also with Heidi Klum he already worked: 2018 for “ Germany’s Next Topmodel”
- In 2019, viewers saw him on shows like “About You – Das Fashion Duell” and “Celebrity Shopping Queen”.
- In 2021, Loveday moved to “ Promi Big Brother” in the Sat.1 TV container and promptly made it into the final.
At Celebrity Big Brother 2021, Loveday made his homosexuality public for the first time. He also said that homosexuality is a criminal offense in Senegal and that’s why his family doesn’t know that side of him.
In 2021 his biography entitled “Papis Loveday: Life is never just black and white”, Community Editions, Frankfurt am Main 2021, ISBN 978-3-8105-3079-0.
Honors and awards for Papis Loveday
2009: The Turkish state TV broadcaster TV 8 voted him “Best Model of the World”.
2012: The readers of the Süddeutsche Zeitung choose Papis Loveday as “Munich Citizen of the Year”.
social commitment
Papis Loveday is a UNESCO sponsor and campaigns against racism. In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd in the United States, he spoke to more than 25,000 people at a demonstration on Munich’s Königsplatz.
Papis Loveday owns apartments in Munich and Milan and has a summer home in Ibiza.
