What It Takes To Be A Hand Model

RayMartell Moore has been a hand model for ten years. His hands have been featured in ads for Samsung, American Express, and Casper. His hands can get him $4,000 for just a few days' work, but that means he has to be extremely careful in how he cares for them. This means no cats and lots of manicures. We talked to Ray about what it's like to be hired just for his hands, and how the pandemic has changed his industry.

Editor’s note: Insider interviewed Ray in November 2019 and again in July 2020.

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What It Takes To Be A Hand Model

[gerardosumagaysay]

Whenever I watch commercials I be like:

"Are those Ray's hands?"

[EvieStevie-Ahgase]

*_"Mom, mom look I'm on tv!"_*
_"where?"_
*_"There!"_*
*points to hands*

[haze]

He cares about his hands more than I care about anything.

[MikeGrahamDSM]

My step-daughter is a hand model and gets paid well. Her hands make the money, holds it, and spends it.

[christinali]

Imagine casually walking down the street and seeing a giant ad and just being like “Hey look! That’s my hand!” 😂

[haz]

Now every time I see hands I'm gonna be like: "AYO, IS THAT MY BOY RAY?"

[johnnyfrankenstein]

he would probably rather fall on the ground face first instead of using his hands to catch the fall

[alson]

Fact: He can be moisturising his hands right now

[heyitzdaredevil]

Everyone looking at their hands like:
"This, this could be a moneymaker right here."

[_obesebeast_]

2007: Perfect phone for a hand
2020: Perfect hand for a phone

[tuckerpowell]

Imagine walking around the city with this guy…
“That’s my hand”
“That’s also my hand”
“Hey who’s hand is that…? Haha, it’s mine”

[Huroviah]

Imagine someone walking up to this guy be like: "OMG THIS IS THE POPULAR HAND ON TV COMMERCIALS"

[LilRedOne]

Let's be honest, he could be any type of model. He's got great genes!

[ataklight]

This guy literally has his life in his hands😂

[alina_huynh]

“I have lotion bottles all over my house”
When people go to Ray’s house: 😳

[lianavalona]

Hand models: *Spends lot of money in hand care*
Customers: *Not even noticing the hand*

[gilangak]

His hands are more shining than my future

[zrise]

The ironic thing is he is a pretty handsome guy, he could probably just model full stop.

[clearedaccdead]

Imagine a hand being more famous than you.

[gamerkaren]

Sorry mom, can't do the dishes. I wanna be a hand model