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TOP MODEL on the Body Image, Pressure of Industry and How She is Dealing with Hate | Coco Rocha

✨ Create stunning presentations, websites, and more in seconds with Gamma, the all-in-one AI content tool. Let AI handle the design while you focus on growth. Try it now: https://gamma.app/ For over two decades, Coco Rocha has defied fashion industry expectations, balancing her supermodel career with motherhood while working with top brands like Chanel and Vogue. Despite facing setbacks, including contract losses due to pregnancy and backlash over her TikTok presence, she became a key advocate for labor laws protecting underage models. As an entrepreneur, she founded the Coco Rocha Model Camp and co-owns Nomad Management, where she mentors and shapes the next generation of talent. Coco on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cocorocha/ Links: 📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co 📹 Video brainstorming, research, and project planning - all in one place - https://partner.spotterstudio.com/ideas-with-marina 💻 Resources that helps my team and me grow the business: - Email & SMS Marketing Automation - https://your.omnisend.com/marina - AI app to work with docs and PFDs - https://www.chatpdf.com/?via=marina 📱Develop your YouTube with AI apps: - AI tool to edit videos in a minutes https://get.descript.com/fa2pjk0ylj0d - Boost your view and subscribers on YouTube - https://vidiq.com/marina - #1 AI video clipping tool - https://www.opus.pro/?via=7925d2 💰 Investment Apps: - Top credit cards for free flights, hotels, and cash-back - https://www.cardonomics.com/i/marina - Intuitive platform for stocks, options, and ETFs - https://a.webull.com/Tfjov8wp37ijU849f8 ⭐ Download my English language workbook - https://bit.ly/3hH7xFm Timestamps: 00:00 – Teaser 00:42 – How she manages it all: the real support behind Coco 03:00 – The reality of working with her husband 06:15 – How to stay relevant for 20+ years in fashion 08:02 – People gravitate toward how you work, not how you look 08:26 – Will AI models replace humans? 09:10 – The skills AI can't replicate — how human models stay irreplaceable 10:47 – Models should learn from content creators 11:54 – 'There’s no traditional path anymore' — why aspiring models need to throw out the rulebook 13:21 – The backlash from the fashion industry over her TikToks 15:18 – The confession: "I’m actually a stay-at-home mom most of the time" 18:00 – "If you see me on an airplane, I’m crying" 19:33 – Why she chose to have 3 kids while still modeling 21:35 – She lost contracts because she got pregnant — the industry's brutal response to motherhood 22:23 – The law she helped pass that changed fashion forever 23:00 – The unexpected backlash that followed 24:08 – How she deals with hate and negativity 26:20 – The power of not responding right away 27:28 – Coco’s beauty & travel survival tips 29:25 – The craziest thing that happened to her on set 30:42 – What she’d tell her 15-year-old self 32:05 – 'Here’s where I see myself in 5 years' I use affiliate links whenever possible (if you purchase items listed above using my affiliate links, I will get a bonus). #podcast #siliconvalleygirl #cocorocha

Coco RochaguestMarina Mogilkohost
Apr 18, 202533mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released
April 18, 2025
Duration
33m
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Silicon Valley Girl
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✨ Create stunning presentations, websites, and more in seconds with Gamma, the all-in-one AI content tool. Let AI handle the design while you focus on growth. Try it now: https://gamma.app/ For over two decades, Coco Rocha has defied fashion industry expectations, balancing her supermodel career with motherhood while working with top brands like Chanel and Vogue. Despite facing setbacks, including contract losses due to pregnancy and backlash over her TikTok presence, she became a key advocate for labor laws protecting underage models. As an entrepreneur, she founded the Coco Rocha Model Camp and co-owns Nomad Management, where she mentors and shapes the next generation of talent. Coco on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cocorocha/ Links: 📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co 📹 Video brainstorming, research, and project planning - all in one place - https://partner.spotterstudio.com/ideas-with-marina 💻 Resources that helps my team and me grow the business:

📱Develop your YouTube with AI apps:

💰 Investment Apps:

⭐ Download my English language workbook - https://bit.ly/3hH7xFm Timestamps: 00:00 – Teaser 00:42 – How she manages it all: the real support behind Coco 03:00 – The reality of working with her husband 06:15 – How to stay relevant for 20+ years in fashion 08:02 – People gravitate toward how you work, not how you look 08:26 – Will AI models replace humans? 09:10 – The skills AI can't replicate — how human models stay irreplaceable 10:47 – Models should learn from content creators 11:54 – 'There’s no traditional path anymore' — why aspiring models need to throw out the rulebook 13:21 – The backlash from the fashion industry over her TikToks 15:18 – The confession: "I’m actually a stay-at-home mom most of the time" 18:00 – "If you see me on an airplane, I’m crying" 19:33 – Why she chose to have 3 kids while still modeling 21:35 – She lost contracts because she got pregnant — the industry's brutal response to motherhood 22:23 – The law she helped pass that changed fashion forever 23:00 – The unexpected backlash that followed 24:08 – How she deals with hate and negativity 26:20 – The power of not responding right away 27:28 – Coco’s beauty & travel survival tips 29:25 – The craziest thing that happened to her on set 30:42 – What she’d tell her 15-year-old self 32:05 – 'Here’s where I see myself in 5 years' I use affiliate links whenever possible (if you purchase items listed above using my affiliate links, I will get a bonus). #podcast #siliconvalleygirl #cocorocha

SPEAKERS

  • Coco Rocha

    guest

  • Marina Mogilko

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Coco Rocha and Marina Mogilko, TOP MODEL on the Body Image, Pressure of Industry and How She is Dealing with Hate | Coco Rocha explores coco Rocha on modeling careers, motherhood, AI disruption, and resilience Coco Rocha explains how her career—from starting modeling at 14–15 to running Model Camp and other ventures—works largely because of strong teams and a family-run business structure with her husband at the center.

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