How to map values from a database to a view model in MVC 4

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I am having trouble with what should be a very simple task. I'm trying to map values retrieved from a database to a view model. I then want to pass that as the model to my view.

The view model is called EditAdminModelVM and it contains a smaller subset of properties from a larger class called UserProfile. I chose to use a view model because I do not want the user to be able to update the whole domain model, only a few from it.

Here is the ViewModel:

public class EditAdminModelVM
{
    [Required]
    [StringLength(50, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.")]
    [Display(Name = "First name")]
    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [StringLength(50, ErrorMessage = "The {0} must be at least {2} characters long.")]
    [Display(Name = "Last name")]
    public string LastName { get; set; }

    [Required]
    [MaxLength(250)]
    [EmailAddress]
    public string Email { get; set; }

    [Required]
    //[Remote("doesUserNameExist", "Account", HttpMethod = "POST", ErrorMessage = "Username already exists. Please enter a different User Name.")] //note this checks from client-side only - server side check is built in to membership
    [Display(Name = "Username")]
    public string UserName { get; set; }

    [HiddenInput]
    public int UserId { get; set; }