Iowa governor-elect's past as Prada model draws attention

Iowa Gov.-elect Rob Sand, who made history by becoming the first Democrat elected to lead the Republican-leaning state in 20 years, is now making headlines for an entirely different reason: The 44-year-old politician once walked the runway for luxury fashion house Prada and appeared in Italian Vogue. Photos from Sand's modeling career in the early 2000s have resurfaced online following his victory in the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election, drawing widespread attention to his unexpected journey from high fashion to politics. Rather than shy away from the attention, Sand embraced it with a playful response on social media. "I'm disappointed to learn images of me modeling for Prada are circulating. Because this shot from Italian Vogue is much better," he wrote, sharing a photograph from his earlier modeling days. The post added a humorous twist to the growing online fascination with his past, as photos of the governor-elect on European runways continued to circulate. According to American fashion magazine Vogue, Sand, born in 1982, worked as a model to help pay for college while studying politica