Written by Eric L. Irby

When I first came across his profile last year, I literally let out an audible gasp; I see photos and fashion content everyday but it was one of the first times I actually noticed a plus male fashion content creator who wasn’t just selling the clothes but delivering a narrative.

Get to know the wunderkind himself: Carlos Berrios aka CBK.

Please introduce yourself and what you do.

CBK: Yes of course! Hey everyone, my name is Carlos Berrios aka CBK , I’m a Pisces, I live in Connecticut, I’m 25 years YOUNG! Clock it, and in the daytime I’m an Executive at an Energy Company very corporate siren and by night I’m a FAB CUNT model.

What are your aspirations for 2025?

CBK: Honestly to really grow my platform on Instagram and spread awareness for the plus size model community because we’re so fab and I want people to know that.

Also another one is to walk for
MUGLER. I love them so much, a lot of my creativity comes from the 90s era of MUGLER. Another one as cliché as this may sound, I would love to grace the cover of Italia Vogue, no shade to American Vogue would love that too but Italia Vogue has always had a close place in my heart.

You have some of the most evocative and beautiful images on my feed, tell me how did you start?

CBK: Quite frankly, I always had an itch to do social media full-time and to really showcase my creativity as a plus size model because I feel like in this industry, they put plus size male models
at least in a box and I have yet to see a plus size male model balance the beam of feminine and masculine.

Honestly, one day I just said fuck it and I wasn’t going to care about what anybody else thought of what I posted, me and my two best friends literally just started doing photo shoots of ourselves. I was always scared to put myself out there as a plus size male model. It took a lot of convincing, but once I bought that camera and I was in front of the lens, nothing could stop me and that’s when CBK was born.

You don’t have to give us all of your magic, but what are some of the thoughts going into your creative process?

CBK: Yes, I can’t give y’all all the tea you know haha, I have to save some for myself, but some of the things that go into my creative process I would say is mainly coming up with a story and putting every piece, pose ,clothing, hair, and make- up together to align with the story that I’m trying to tell through the photo. The first thought that always goes through my mind is, how can I make
this different?

How can I make this something people have never seen before something so cunt and fab that people could relate to, and with a lot of my photo shoot I tried to make them not so creative, but I want to balance creative with you know editorial because in the long run, that’s what I want to do full-time. Ever since I was a child, I would always come up with these elaborate ideas that I always kept inside.

Describe Cuntopia.

CBK: Honestly, it’s such a long story on how I came up with CuntTopia, but long story short if you search up the definition of utopia you would automatically get what I’m trying to say when I say Cuntopia; Cuntopia is a place or community where people who are different can go to and not feel judged, where they can let themselves feel however they want to feel, could dress however they wanna dress, can look however they want to look. The one main rule of Cuntopia is that you have to serve cunt and be FAB and HAVE FUN.

Cuntopia is a place that has no boundaries. It goes way deeper, but we don’t have the time for that ha ha ha ha.

Put the people on, who is or who are a designer/s you think people should pay attention to?

CBK: The one designer that I always tell people to watch out for and no, I’m not biased but it’s my best friend. Her name is Alex and her fashion brand is called Mackin.

Literally her brain is so out
of this world and the best words I could use to describe her fashion brand is if you were to take Aaliyah, 2000’s Paris Hilton, the Bronx, 90s video vixen/supermodels and mold it into clothes that’s what her brand is like.

You can follow her Instagram page @mackin. She is the person I always go to when I have an idea for customer clothes. She makes ALL my outfits for my
photoshoots.

Your most recent shoot, first of all, iconic; secondly are you on the beach? Tell us more about that?

CBK: Thank you so much and yes, I was definitely on the beach freezing my ass off in like 10° weather on the East Coast in the winter. It was the most brutal, painful, and liberating experiences I’ve ever had during a photo shoot.

I had this idea for my birthday photo shoot that I wanted to be on the beach giving very siren very Pisces energy because I’m a Pisces and I love the water. I had this brilliant idea, Oh let me shoot this on a beach in the wintertime, how bad could it be? Little did I know it was horrible but it was worth it because those photos were so freaking fabulous. I fell in love instantly.

And that day was so hectic as soon as I stepped out of my car; the wind was so brutal that I could barely see and my outfit was moving in every which direction, the photographer’s hands were so cold they went numb [and] she couldn’t feel her camera to press the shoot button literally; we shot all of those images in less than five minutes.

That’s how bad it was and that also goes to show on how I am as a model no shade.

Style ick?

CBK: Graphic tee..Jorts..and Timbs… that’s all I have to say. If you know you know. The starter IG fashion content creator pack. It’s such an ICK of mines because it’s like a copy and paste of
everyone’s outfit all thru out my feed like be different, do something to add a different texture or layer SOMETHING.

Style yum?

CBK: Animal print, plaid, and lace. Love me a good leopard print. Ooh and layers/textures.

What has been your favorite hairstyle so far?

CBK: I would say either a big curly fro, OR a Gel slick back wet look.

Who are you currently listening to?

CBK: Literally no one has ever asked me this and I love this question just because I’m such a big big music person. I love everything about music.

I love the engineering of it, the production side of it, the creativity side of it, and just everything about music, I love and in my past life, I was an artist. But right now I’m listening to Billie Eilish of course, The Weeknd, FKA Twigs, SZA, Tyla, Doechii, AUDREY NUNU! A lot more others but these are the mains right now.

What song inspires you before a shoot?

CBK: Ugh that’s so hard! I have a whole playlist that I listen to before and during a photoshoot! But my go to song right now to feel so cunt and fab is It’s ok, I’m Ok by Tate McRae and ANYTHING AYESHA EROTICA her music just does something to me that chemically alters my brain chemistry lol!

What advice would give creatives who are trying to figure out their creative persona?

CBK: I would tell them to find a niche that they love whether it’s fashion, comedy, entertainment, music literally anything and never stop pursuing it. Gods timing is everything. What’s meant for you will come to you.

I would also say find inspirations or people you are inspired by and add your own personal twist to it because if you really think about it everyone is inspired by something or someone it just matters what you do with it.

Come up with a character you always inspired to be like as a child and boom you have it. It’s all about confidence and owning who you are as a person.

Is there anything you’d like to share that you have coming up?

CBK: Yes, after a 2 month break from social media I’m fully back and ready to create. I have a couple photoshoots lined up that I’m sooooo excited for you all to see! Also this is random but I’m going to start game streaming on Twitch and Tik-Tok because I’m such a gamer and I don’t think people know that. But yeah I love Fortnite!

Where can the people find you?

CBK: They can find me on Instagram @cbkinggg.