WHO WE ARE

Founded in São Paulo in 2014, DIVO Mgmt. is a boutique model management and mother agency focused on strategic career development and international representation.

Built around a highly personal approach to management, DIVO works with a selective roster of talent, developing each career individually according to its own timing, potential and direction.

From career positioning and development to international placements, bookings and negotiations, DIVO works directly with models and a trusted network of agencies, clients and industry professionals across London, Paris, Milan, New York and other key international markets.

Whether developing new talent, repositioning an established career or identifying the right market at the right moment, the approach remains the same: understanding where each model is, recognizing where their career can go and building the strategy to take it there.

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At DIVO, management goes beyond representation. We shape talent. We build careers.

 

OUR HISTORY

DIVO’s story began long before its foundation.

Before creating the company, founder Léo Dias built his experience across different sides of the fashion industry, beginning as a model in São Paulo and later moving into editorial, fashion and model management.

His early career included work within creative environments connected to Alexandre Herchcovitch, Walério Araújo and i-D Magazine, shaping an understanding of image, fashion and the business behind a model’s career.

In 2006, Léo moved into international model management at VIVA Model Management in Paris, followed by experience at Elite Model Management and JOY Model Management, where he worked with internationally established talents including Elise Crombez, Eugenia Volodina and Hana Soukupová.

His work in international development would later include Andreja Pejić, further defining an approach based on individuality, positioning and long-term career strategy.

In 2014, that experience became DIVO Mgmt.

Founded in São Paulo, DIVO was created to offer models a more individual, strategic and internationally connected approach to management.

Since then, the company has developed and managed talent across different stages of their careers, from emerging models entering international markets to established professionals evolving into new chapters.

 

Every career deserves vision. Every decision deserves purpose.

THE FOUNDER

Managing Director, Mother Agent & International Model Manager

With more than two decades of experience in fashion and international model management, Léo Dias leads DIVO with a highly personal and strategic approach to career development.

His work is centered on understanding each model beyond the immediate booking — identifying individual potential, defining the right positioning and building a long-term strategy across different markets and stages of a career.

As a mother agent and international manager, Léo works closely with models, partner agencies, clients and industry professionals, overseeing international placements, career direction, negotiations and the decisions that shape each talent’s trajectory.

Today, his work includes the development and international management of established talents such as Wanessa Milhomem, Lucas Medeiros, Isis Bataglia and Lucas Mascarini, alongside the continued development of DIVO’s wider roster.

For Léo, successful management is not about following a predetermined formula. It is about recognizing what makes each talent distinctive, understanding where a career can go and creating the relationships, strategy and opportunities needed to take it there.

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Management goes beyond securing representation or the next booking. It is about building a career with direction, relevance and longevity.

 

PHILOSOPHY / LEGACY

We shape talent. We build careers.

At DIVO, representation goes beyond bookings.

A career is built through a sequence of decisions — when to move, where to be represented, which opportunities to pursue, which ones to decline and how to evolve without losing identity along the way.

That is why DIVO approaches every model individually.

There is no single route to an international career. Timing, personality, market, image and ambition all matter, and the role of management is to understand how those elements can work together over time.

Our work is built on long-term relationships, honest communication and strategic decisions made with purpose.

The objective is not simply to create momentum, but to build careers with direction, relevance and longevity.

At DIVO, we transform intention into career, building stories that don’t just walk the runway but endure.

 

Beyond the image. The career.