Fashion Model Moonlights as App Developer, Despite Industry's Advice to 'Be Cooler'

Lyndsey Scott even created a charmingly low-budget ad

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Here's a new spin on geek chic: Lyndsey Scott is a Victoria's Secret model who moonlights as an app developer.

With a double degree from Amherst in computer science and theater—along with modeling credit for the likes of Gucci and Prada—Scott has created an app that blends her two worlds. iPort is a simple solution for models to manage their portfolios and billing.

The app also has its own wonderfully cheesy infomercial, with Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" playing for some 30 seconds in the background while Scott struts into her home tossing off the excess baggage of daily life as a model.

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