Meme Celebrities
Ridiculously Photogenic Guy: the runner who looked too good
Everyone else in the race looked exhausted. Zeddie Little looked like he was in an advert. One photo made him the internet's most handsome stranger.
On 31 March 2012, thousands of runners took part in the Cooper River Bridge Run in Charleston, South Carolina. A programmer named Will King was taking pictures along the route, and in one of them, surrounded by red-faced, struggling runners, was Zeddie Little - mid-stride, perfectly lit, smiling like a model in a shampoo commercial. He had just waved to a friend.
Too good-looking for a race
King posted his photos online, and on 3 April someone shared that one on Reddit, where it collected more than 40,000 upvotes. Ridiculously Photogenic Guy became the meme for people who make everything look effortless - the top line something difficult, the bottom line him doing it without breaking a sweat.
Ridiculously photogenic guy (Zeddie):
A good-natured fame
Within days Little and King were on Good Morning America. Little said he was honoured to be part of a joke that, for once on the internet, was kind - “the most flattering way to get spread across the Internet”. He used the attention to raise money for charity, running the New York City Marathon for the John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health.
Watch him tell it
‘Ridiculously Photogenic’ Guy Zeddie Little on ‘Good Morning America’ (ABC News, YouTube)
‘Ridiculously Photogenic Guy’ Zeddie Little Now Web Sensation (ABC News, YouTube)
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