His career began in 2014 when he had his hair dyed red for the Marc Jacobs campaign also featuring Miley Cyrus.

He began his career as a female model, and was photographed by Steven Meisel for Prada, for the brand's Pre-Fall 2015 collection with Aya Jones, Willow Hand and Julia Nobis.

[3] Westling is most notable for dying his hair red for the Marc Jacobs campaign with Miley Cyrus.

He has walked in shows for Marc Jacobs which included opening the Spring 2014 show as an exclusive, Anna Sui, Céline, Jean Paul Gaultier, Fendi, Prada, Etro, Dries van Noten, Lanvin, Christian Dior, Vera Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, Chanel, Tom Ford, and DKNY amongst others.

As noted in a CNN Style article, "After a decade spent receiving therapy and medication for depression, anxiety and anger issues, he finally decided to address what he'd always known to be the underlying problem.