Name: Austin Barnes

Age: 17

Clothing details: Shirt, borrowed; pants, borrowed; shoes, Plato’s Closet, 6.

Relationship status: Taken

Hometown: Lawrence

Time in Lawrence: My whole life

Occupation: Student at Lawrence High School

Dream job: Culinary chef

What were you doing when scouted? Walking my dog (a black lab named Jack)

Describe your style: Mostly casual, not formal

Fashion trends you like: I love the elegance of the 1940s as well as the 1970s punk style.

Fashion trends you dislike: I dislike nonfitting clothing. I also hate bell-bottom jeans.

What are your favorite and/or least favorite things about Lawrence? My favorite would be the diversity here and my least favorite is how small it is.

What’s your spirit animal? Chicken

What’s your proudest moment? Honestly, I’ve never been able to open a pop-tab soda can — someone always did it for me — and I finally did last night.

Who would you choose to have dinner with, living or dead? Norma Jean Baker (before she was Marilyn Monroe).

Tell us a secret: I can speak Spanish fluently.