--- title: Meet the World's Hottest Math Teacher description: A math teacher turned into a fashion model canonical: https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-28T18:32:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:09.474Z og:title: Meet the World's Hottest Math Teacher og:description: This math teacher became a fashion model og:url: https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet the World's Hottest Math Teacher twitter:description: This math teacher became a fashion model twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Meet a Math Teacher Who Is Also a Male Model ## Video: First-Ever Model With Down Syndrome Owned the Runway [Watch (HLS stream): First-Ever Model With Down Syndrome Owned the Runway](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1woeIDlV.m3u8) (0:24)  _Published 2015-02-13. First-Ever Model With Down Syndrome Owned the Runway_ by [Adam Carlson / People](/author/people/) ## Adam Carlson / People Mar 28, 2015 6:32 PM CUT by [Adam Carlson / People](/author/people/) ## Adam Carlson / People Mar 28, 2015 6:32 PM CUT What would you do if you realized your math teacher was actually a super successful – and super attractive – male model? Because that’s exactly what happened to University College London student Arief Azli, who (like any college kid) then shared his discovery on Facebook. “That moment when you realized your maths lecturer is one of the top designer model,” Azli wrote in a post comparing two photos of his teacher, Pietro Boselli: One of Boselli at the whiteboard, papers in the hand; the other of him … not wearing very much at all. “#OnlyatUCL,” Azli hashtagged it, adding: “#Bromance.” Other students reportedly followed suit, [sharing more photos](http://instinctmagazine.com/post/london-college-students-discover-their-math-lecturer-hunky-male-model "undefined") of Boselli in the classroom. According [to his LinkedIn account](https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=298172771&authType=NAME%5FSEARCH&authToken=uIkQ&locale=en%5FUS&srchid=1031863261427549346844&srchindex=6&srchtotal=6&trk=vsrp%5Fpeople%5Fres%5Fname&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1031863261427549346844%2CVSRPtargetId%3A298172771%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3A "undefined"), Boselli worked as a teaching assistant and then lecturer at UCL until June 2014\. As for his modeling work, he’s represented [by Models1](http://www.models1.co.uk/details.aspx?nav=10&modelid=651358&sexid=1&subid=7771&mainsubid=7771&indx=0%3Cr=P&num=3 "undefined"). [His Instagram says](https://instagram.com/pietroboselli/ "undefined") he has a PhD in engineering and is “addicted to training.” We can tell. Don’t worry: There’s also video. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/hot-male-model-math-teacher-photos "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined")_._ _Read next:_ [_How the Average American Mans Body Compares to Others Around the World_](http://time.com/3551742/average-american-man-body-comparison-photos/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/"},"headline":"Meet a Math Teacher Who Is Also a Male Model","datePublished":"2015-03-28T18:32:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:09.474Z","description":"This math teacher became a fashion model","url":"https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Adam Carlson / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/","name":"Meet a Math Teacher Who Is Also a Male Model"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"First-Ever Model With Down Syndrome Owned the Runway","description":"First-Ever Model With Down Syndrome Owned the Runway","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1woeIDlV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-13T17:30:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1woeIDlV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/","duration":"PT24S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3762463/hottest-math-teacher/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```