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Making of a Male Model is a campy made-for-TV movie that became an instant cult classic because of the tragic and unfortunate death a year later of co-star Jon-Erik Hexum. In the film (produced by legendary producer Aaron Spelling), Hexum plays Tyler, a young ranch-hand in Nevada who is discovered by Kay, a seductive modeling agent and owner of a chic Manhattan modeling agency, played by Joan Collins. She persuades him to leave his quie