Jeremy Meeks' Mugshot

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Jeremy Meeks’ Mugshot is a police booking photograph of convicted felon Jeremy Meeks who gained much notoriety online after the picture was posted on Facebook in June 2014. The image inspired an advice animal image macro series with captions word playing on his attractiveness, in a similar vein to the advice animal characters Ridiculously Photogenic Guy and Attractive Convict.

Origin

On June 18th, 2014, the Stockton Police Department Facebook page posted a photograph of Jeremy Meeks, a 30-year-old convicted felon who was arrested on felony weapons charges during a gun raid. In the first 48 hours, the post gained over 56,000 likes and 16,400 comments, with many noting how attractive Meeks’ appeared in the mugshot.

Post by Stockton Police Department.

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On the following day, the Fox40 News Facebook^[4] page reposted the photograph, pointing out the overwhelming reaction the photo was receiving. In less than 20 hours, the repost garnered upwards of 301,000 likes and 65,000 comments. Also on June 19th, 2014, Redditor fxwif posted the mugshot with captions quoting notable Facebook comments regarding Meeks’ beauty to the /r/funny^[1] subreddit, where it gathered more than 2,500 points and 1,600 comments in the first 24 hours (shown below, left). The same day, Redditor Robby_Digital submitted an image macro using the mugshot titled “Ridiculously Photogenic Thug” to /r/AdviceAnimals,^[2] where it received upwards of 2,300 points and 400 comments in the next 16 hours (shown below, right).

Meanwhile, Twitter users began posting photoshops of Meeks as a model in various fashion advertisements. Hours later, BuzzFeed^[3] highlighted several notable tweet examples.

call hugoboss</a> call @givenchyofficial call <a href="https://twitter.com/CalvinKlein">calvinklein #freejeremymeeks #calvinklein #hugoboss #givenchy #je… pic.twitter.com/XD2Z4YU6D6
— Eribe Ramirez (@EribeRami9) June 20, 2014

On June 20th, the Instagram^[5] feed entertainmentforbreakfast posted a photo of Meeks with a woman claiming he is married with children (shown below).