Meet-Cutes, Runways, and Real Life

The only thing better than a supermodel romance?

A meet-cute that makes us believe it could happen to us.

One second you’re minding your business in the produce aisle, the next you’re arguing with a six-foot-two, sunglasses-wearing stranger over the last ripe avocado—only to realize later he’s the face of Calvin Klein’s latest campaign. Oops.

This trope shines when it leans into fun, unexpected first meetings that crash two worlds together.

A few faves we can’t get enough of:

• The accidental run-in: Elevator stalls, spilled coffee, wrong hotel room. Yes, please.

• Forced proximity: Shared vacation homes, travel mishaps, snowstorms… nothing says love like being stuck together with no escape.

• Mistaken identity: They don’t know who the model is—or they know too well and pretend not to care.

• The charity event clash: One’s working the room, the other’s there under protest… until sparks fly mid-auction.

What we love most? That moment where attraction meets chaos and neither one sees it coming. That spark. That tension. That what just happened feeling that sets everything in motion.

So let’s have some fun:

💘 What’s your favorite meet-cute scenario for this trope—or one you’d love to see?