Ash Stymest (full name: Ashley Stymest) is a male model born in England on 31 July 1991. He was brought up in Coney Hall and attended first Charles Darwin School then Ravens Wood School, in Bromley, South East London. His modeling career started when he was scouted in 2008 when he was 17 years old. That year he was signed with Models 1 and was recruited by Hedi Slimane for Slimane's personal work. His debut was in 2008 on the cover of Japanese Vogue Hommes, photographed by Slimane.
While his modeling career was still young, he appeared in many notable magazines, including several issues of Italian and Russian Vogue. He has also opened the Spring 2009 Balenciaga show in Paris in October 2008. He is in the Top 50 Male Models on models.com, ranked as #28. It was announced March 2010 that Ash is presenting a show on MTV UK called "MTV Bang", while there is talk that Ash is no longer with his modeling agency. Ash is also an avid drummer and skateboarder. He has dated fashion model Eliza Cummings.