I am creating a select list in my .aspx page.

```
<label for="AccessType" class="required"><span class="required">*</span><%=Html.Resource("accessType")%>:</label>
                <select id="AccessType" name="AccessType">
                <% foreach (var item in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Security.AccessType)))
                {%> 
                <option value="<%=(int)item%>"><%=item%> </option> 
                <%}%>
                </select><br />

```

Now every time I load the page it is selecting the first value as default, where as I want the value present in model to be the selected. 

I am biniding the dropdown to a enum in my code. Security.AccessType is a enum and not a model. so every time the page loads it shows the selected value of the dropdown as first enum

I want the selected item to be say Model.AccessType...

I know its a very basic question but still any help?