Episode 607: Everyone Told Her She Wouldn't Make It. Now Meagan Perlini Inspires Thousands

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We're back Overcoming University. It's been a day. I'm joined
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here by my.
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Guest Megan PERLINI how you doing. I'm good. It was pretty.
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Interesting, right, let's talk about it.
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Oh my gosh.
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Got to about Milton and then there's a giant line
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of cars and I was kind of like, uh, oh.
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My friend is waiting for me.
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And then it was just like four hours of traffic
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from here to London, which is kind of crazy.
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But whatever.
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That's how it is, right, That's how it is.
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That's how we do. But there's a lot to you, Yeah,
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a lot more than people think.
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Yeah, you do a lot with modeling.
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Yep, yep, all over the world for modeling. Yeah, it's
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so cool.
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This year I attended the cons Film Festival for the
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first time in my life, which was such a cool experience.
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I was invited by a designer that I met at
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New York Fashion Week and she was like, do you
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want to come? She saw Actually it was kind of
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funny how it happened. So we both have Golden Rich
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puppies and she was like, oh my gosh, I love
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your dog and I was like, I love your dog.
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And she's like, do you want to come to the
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Cans Film Festival, and I was like, is this like real?
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And I didn't really know what to expect, and She's like, no, no, no,
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like my friend he he lets people go on the
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red carpet and I really want you to represent my
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brand and wear my design. And I was just like wow,
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like this is like an insane opportunity. So yeah, we
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wanded over sending memes of Golden Retrievers and then she's
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taken me to can.
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I love that. So how did this all start for
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you though?
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The modeling? Yeah, really randomly.
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So I actually was a varsity swimmer like my whole life.
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I was a competitive swimmer, really into sports, every sport
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you could think of. I did track actually basketball too,
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but stop that because of swimming.
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Swimming got to.
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My dad probably would have liked if I played basketball longer.
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Should I know?
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I know next to Caitlin Clark. Yeah, Sophia cutting in
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you never know? You know what I mean?
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Pretty quick too.
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I was pretty good the post. Yeah, why not pick
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and roll You're next. I was so good at threes
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really yeah, I had like such a good shot. I
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took our team to the city championships.
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So maybe we should put this to the test of
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the new vlog.
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Yeah, why not. I'd actually be down. What's that game
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around the world?
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You could do whatever whatever happened podcast.
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Versus I could take him maybe if I'm not wearing heels.
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Well that's funny, but keep going. Now. So you you
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got into modeling.
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You say, yeah, yeah, yeah, so pretty much what happened
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was it was about Actually, this is really funny that
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you brought up basketball. I was at a basketball game.
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It was the Lakers versus the Raptors. It was my
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first ever NBA game, and there was a scout there
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for modeling. Yeah, and he came up to me, approached
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me and he was like, have you ever considered modeling?
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And I was like, no, like not really And.
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Next thing I knew that game was December tenth, I think,
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or no, it would have been November November of twenty
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twenty four, and next thing I knew, I was in
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for headshots and digitals and being booked and started this
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crazy little adventure.
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It was really cool.
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I love that. Yeah, So did you always think you
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were going to do this? What was your main profession
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that you wanted to do?
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I honestly wanted to be a lawyer.
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I never Yeah you got you come in like the
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lawyer like sophistication.
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Yeah right, see I have this like business side of me. Shit.
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Yeah yeah. I actually took business in undergrad, okay, and
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I took the l sad and like ready to go
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law school at Western, and then I actually hated it,
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so I ended up dropping it and I was just
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going to work for like a remote company that was
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kind of like my backup plan, just doing sales in
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that kind of thing. And then I went to that
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basketball game and kind of it changed my life, like
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the whole thing picked up. And what I found from
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it was it allowed me to tell my story and
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like really express myself. My mom told me, like when
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I was a kid, she's like, I don't know what
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you're gonna do because I was always so creative and
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all of that. But then I got into sports, so
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she thought like that that's where I would have went
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with it, more like the sports avenue. But I ended
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up taking a really big liking to modeling, and like
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people were saying I'm good at it, and I kept
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getting booked, and I was like, you know what, like
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this actually could be my career. So then I started
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taking it really seriously. I started working with trainers, I
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started working with coaches, like walking coaches. I took it
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really seriously. And then I actually got invited to Miss
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Universe Canada, which was so cool because that's a completely
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different avenue. I never thought I would have went down
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like pageantry. I kind of used to watch toddlers and
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tierras as a kid and just kind of laugh at
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the whole idea of it. But when I got into it,
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I realized it's actually such a world for women to
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tell their voight, like to use their voice and advocate
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for what they believe in.
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And once I started doing.
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That, I I learned a lot about who I am
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and like what I want to do and actually what
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I'm capable of. It was like an extremely powerful process.
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So I started my own foundation last year, the Crown
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with Kindness.
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Did you look at that at all?
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You're taking over the show? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll get
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into all of that. Okay, I'm letting you cook right now.
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This is not live let me cook.
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Yeah, okay, okay, script, Yeah, I kind of love it.
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So yeah, yeah, I start the foundation, and I how
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it started was I started going around to businesses and
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being like what should I do kind of for you
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get a humanitarian project? And last year's theme was mental health,
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So I was like, what am I gonna do for this?
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And how can I combine my personality and who I
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am and what I love into something that can help
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other people? And I've always been obsessed with dresses, Like
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that's like a really big thing for me, like dresses
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since I've been a kid. There's a video of me,
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like a childhood video I was watching at Christmas and
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my grandma got me this like purple dress and I
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was wearing a raincoat and I made them put it on.
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Like I just like love dresses.
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And so I'm like I should collect prom dresses and
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give them to girls that can't afford them. And I
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was like, I really want to get like couture high end,
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like when I do stuff, I like am all in,
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like I'm giving it like one hundred percent, Like I'm not,
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you know, low balling anything or anyone. So I'm like,
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We're gonna do like a whole day, Like I'm just
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gonna set aside an entire day for the girls to
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come feel like they're shopping like cature gowns and we're
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gonna do the whole thing. And I honestly like I
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didn't care if anybody supported me or anything like that.
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I'm like, I'm doing it. I've put posters out there.
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Something I saw actually was Miley Cyrus said it.
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She was like, if you're.
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Gonna do something, you got to post about it, and
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then you're like gonna do it, like you're gonna commit
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to it, and like people are gonna like see it
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and want to come to it, and it's just going
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to motivate you to like want to make it epic.
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So speak to this because just listening to you talk
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and disappreciate everything you're seeing right now, it's landing for me. Yeah, yeah,
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processing it.
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Yeah.
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The level of confidence, Where does that come from for you?
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The level of confidence? Yes, I honestly think I just
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always had it. I always have been like really sure
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of myself, just like I've had this like strong intuition
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my whole life, and you know, a lot of people
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have tried to squash it in me. Like obviously when
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I was a kid, I let it shine because as
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a kid, like you got nobody really like, you know,
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putting you down, putting you down, and then it got
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to like my teens and stuff like that, and then
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people started kind of making fun of me for it,
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and I was just like, maybe I should just like
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shut up, like and not do this. So I kind
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of suppressed that part of my personality, like I would say,
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from like thirteen till like I was done university.
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I went through a.
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Lot in university, honestly, like a lot of people picked
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on me and didn't like that side of my personality
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and a lot of I was on, like the varsity team.
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And lots of Do you think it's because just your
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presence and your demeanor? Maybe, yeah, Because I think when
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I was in high school and I think about that,
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it's like I was a bigger kid. Yeah, So some
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folks would look at you and be like coming from
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like a string being kind of and you fill out
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in your box.
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It is what it is.
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But I think for you, it's like you've always seems
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like you've always been tall. Yeah, So I think it's
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like folks are like, oh, she's tall, Well let's make fun,
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let's poke fun at her. Yeah, I mean, and things
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like that. But you don't really see a lot of.
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Tall females, no, Yeah, Yeah, I actually used to be
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really embarrassed about my height.
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That was another thing.
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I actually my driver's license led about my height because
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I was embarrassed by it. People used to make fun
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of me for being tall, like you said, like grade eight,
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I like just lots of name calling, like different things
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like that. So you kind of suppress things to like,
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you know, meet the status quo.
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And because I feel like what you're getting into now
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is you're talking a little bit about bullying.
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Yeah, I was totally bullied, like a lot of my life,
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moving schools. I had to move schools a few times,
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and just grade seven and eight were really good. I
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was at a really good school and teachers were great,
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believed in me and stuff like I want Athlete of
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the Year in grade eight, like math award, like oh
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whole bunch of different awards. There's actually a photo of
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me with like six awards at CRAD.
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It's kind of funny.
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Six awards like championship belts.
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I feel like, yeah, pretty much like that.
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So when you talk about bullying, let's backtrack a little
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bit because I feel like that's really important. Yeah, especially
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from being female. I'll go through it as well. Yeah,
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what was your first like if you remember those moments
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being bullied, How did it make you feel at that time,
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and what did you do to overcome it. I know
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it's at a young age, but.
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Yeah, it probably started in grade six, I would say.
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And already you're going through like changes in your body,
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like you said, you're filling out differently, and like you know,
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you got different like emotions and different things like that,
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like anxiety and stuff. I during that time period, I
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used to bite my nails because I was so nervous
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about going to school, Like I like didn't even have
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like any nails because I was so like nervous just because.
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You know, you don't know what kids are going to
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say to you that day.
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Like, and growing up my generation, we had like like musically,
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which is now like TikTok. So it's like people see
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you on musically the night before and you show up
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and they watch your video and they're laughing at you,
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and you're just like embarrassed, Like it's so embarrassing, but
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like kind of I think I haven't felt embarrassed for
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a long time. I think since I started, you know,
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like believing in myself and kind of knowing who I am,
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and a big thing that really helped me, honestly, was
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going to the gym, just like I think it set
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my like mental straight, like just you know, like starting
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to reach goals and see myself in a different light
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built my confidence. And then I started working with trainers
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and stuff like that, and that really built my confidence too,
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like closing my circle and surrounding myself with people that
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really support me, like genuinely help me, like beyond.
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You can see that. You can feel that because like
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I always say, the folks when they come into either
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a studio or a virtual conversation, Yeah, you can sense
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the that aura. I like to say, yeah, right, like
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you said to me in text, you know ball, Yeah
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you know, I know what's going on. No, And I
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like that. So because you're starting to do some advocating
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for bullying and stuff, yeah, yep, so let's speak to that.
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So I actually have gone to a few schools in
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the London community, London, Ontario, and I've spoken out against
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bullying just to kids. You know, I gather grades five
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to eight, the girls and even you can see right
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away kind of the shire kids, the kids that are
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kind of getting picked on and stuff like that. Like
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I don't know, I think it's just because I've went
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through it. I can sense it right away, like I
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have a really good like I could read the room
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really fast.
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back to the conversation, like pick up on.
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Energy really quick so I'll see it.
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And you know, like I try to make my presentation
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as much so as I went through all of this,
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it's normal to feel like this.
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You are definitely not alone.
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Like I had so many moments where I'm like doubting
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myself and I came out on the other side, and
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like you can do it too, Like you will be
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totally fine. Just keep sticking to that moral compass and
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that voice inside of you, like that's pushing you, like
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why am I doing this?
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Why do I show up? And why do I do this?
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Like just keep showing up and doing it because like
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it will lead you somewhere.
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But you know there's going to be the ones that
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are going to say what she's saying is just it's
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not that easy.
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Yeah.
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So when you hear that, as I say, it's not
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that easy, or it's a parent, or it's a young kid, Yeah,
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what do you then tell them?
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Usually so at the end of the presentation, a lot
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of it hits home with like a lot of them,
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Like you can see, I tell them, I go into
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depth about the kind of bullying I went through, you know,
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grade six, Like I actually like I had a girl
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and she had another girl hold my arms and like
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this girl actually like was punching me in the stomach.
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Grade six, like just a little kid, you know, like
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twelve years old. And I tell them, I give them
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the examples, and I'm just like, you know, it's cooler
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to be kind than to pick on somebody. And if
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and just know, really like at the end of the day,
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if someone is picking on you, nine times out of ten,
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it is a reflection of something that they may be
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struggling with. So what I try to tell them to
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focus on is being the bigger person will get you
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farther in life. Then, you know, suppressing to their level. Usually,
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if there's there's something going on at their home life
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inside of their own head, like you don't know what's
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going on with people, as long as you know who
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you are and you can stick to that. Always try
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to be the bigger person. And that's what really got
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me through. My mom would always tell me that, like
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at the end of the day, I would come home
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like tired, sad, you know, like as a kid, you're
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running around all day, recess, sweaty, Like you come home
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and you're just like beat. And on top of that,
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like I had practices for like swimming, and then like
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you got homework and you got other other commitments and whatever.
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But she'd I'd cry, and she'd just say, you know what,
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keep being you and keep being the bigger person and
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like everything will be okay.
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So I try.
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To yeah, yeah, shoutouts.
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It's true.
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It's best because it's like that's that nurturing.
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Side and it's true.
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And it's like, you know, the amount of times where
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I was so frustrated even at my mom, like I'm like,
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can you not see what I'm going through? Can you
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not like like feel this, Like it's it's terrible, Like
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I hate going to school. I hate like going like
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you know, like every day and she's like, be the
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bigger person. Work hard, like get your homework done. Like
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I've straight a student. I was always like really high
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achieving too, so that kind of I don't know, kind
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of competitive, but like competitive with myself.
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Like speak to then now where you're at in life,
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the modeling, the branding, Yeah, the sponsors, I would say, I.
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Would say, honestly, so a lot of people say, like
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modeling is you know, you're constantly dealing with rejection because
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at the end of the day, what it is is
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you're trying to match a person's vision and if they
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want all girls with black hair and you're a blonde girl,
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like they're not gonna pick you. And it's just like
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I think what I went through all of that, like adversity,
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this kind of feels like light work. Now it's like
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almost like fun, Like I'm just like, Okay, you don't
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want me, bet, like, let me do something better. I
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think when you're quieter, people kind of gravitate towards you more.
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So like I've noticed that too as I've gone on,
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but I avoid kind of you know, the drama and
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that sort of thing. I usually have my sister with me. Yeah,
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So yeah, Well just at the end of the day,
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I'll just text her. I'm like, hey, ready to dip.
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Like I won't even go to after parties and stuff
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like that.
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Why is that though, Because I feel like before you go,
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I feel like in whatever industry, a lot of folks
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opt out of the after party, Like yeah, like don't
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Why is that like for you? For your point of.
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View, I think that.
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I just I don't really like to party. I really
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like to do things that kind of protect my energy
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and like my piece and stuff like that. I'll go,
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I'll do what I have to do there. Like it's
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like work. You know, you go to work and at
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the end of the day, like you want to go
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home to your family and just go like relax and chill.
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Some people, you know, they need that escape. They need
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to go out, they need to go. Sometimes it's great
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for networking, like you know, if if there is a
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networking opportunity, it's great to go for work. But if
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there's not, I usually just like to lay back with
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my sister and like we'll go book something else, Like
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we'll go like to like a rooftop or just go
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like hang out. But like I said, back to small Circle,
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you know, like, yeah.
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So you're speaking a lot about boundaries and stuff.
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Yeah, yeah, how do you how do.
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You enforce your boundaries in the modeling world?
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Yeah, so I would say kind of if it's not
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up to my standard and kind of like the worth
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that I have built inside and I've done like a
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lot of inner work and stuff like that as well,
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just you know, like meditation, journaling, yoga, like honestly praying,
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like just like you know, different things like that, and
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if it's not up to kind of what I feel
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is worth my time, I'm not gonna like waste energy
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on it.
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That's hard for some people.
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Yeah, I'd say, like it's it's definitely a learning experience,
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Like you have to learn through experience because at first,
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you know, I was running around like a chicken with
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my head cut off, trying to impress.
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Everyone and do everything.
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And it got to a point where I'm like, I
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don't need to impress anybody but myself, and like kind
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of once I realized that, I was like, you know what,
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like I'm happy just doing my own thing and like
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what I like to do. So that's kind of how
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I have been rolling lately.
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That. Yeah, so we calculated a lot of like different
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conversations about this high school.
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Now you're modeling and doing all this totally brand, totally.
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Speak to now, like where do you see yourself? I
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know it's a loaded questions, like five years from now,
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is this still going to be modeling or do you
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feel like this is going to taper to something else?
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So I've kind of opened the door a little bit
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to acting.
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Oh shit, yeah yeah, I don't know. I didn't sign THEAH.
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I would say, like that could be an end goal.
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I love the Like I said, like the run stuff
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is really cool, but I find a lot of it
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you kind of almost black out and you don't really
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remember much just because it's like so instantaneous and you
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have so much adrenaline running through you. Because New York,
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you walk out and there's like four hundred people there,
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like a thousand people, and you're just you don't even
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remember it. You just walk down the catwalk as long
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as you didn't fall your good. But I would say,
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like the acting realm is really cool. It's more of
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that photo shoot realm. I love the photo shoots just
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because you get to express yourself. Like I said, like
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I love expressing myself. This is like kind of how
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it's like an art right, So definitely like the fashion
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world and that kind of thing. Art everything really interrelated.
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So the acting is so cool because I get to
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show my personality.
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You don't have to be perfect when.
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You're acting, like as long as you nail the lines,
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but you get to really like bleed your personality through.
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And that's something I've really started liking and enjoying.
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So is there a genre you'd go into, Like is
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it like more drama action?
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Maybe horror or definitely not oh too scary. I can't
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even I can't even watch scary movies, I know.
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I would say like more like probably comedy, Like yeah,
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I love like.
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Really I get more drama really yeah, because.
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That leads a lot of people have said that too,
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Like a lot of my best work, like shoots and
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stuff have been serious, like the more serious thing, even
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like the Runway, Like the more serious looks they say
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does really well for me, which I find kind of
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like funny because like my real personality, I'm so goofy,
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like I'm always like messing things up and like I
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know it, But like I just maybe starting with comedy
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and moving into that drama like once I gain the
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confidence in that.
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Is there an actor or an actress you want to
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work with?
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Oh, my gosh, project Dream project, Adam Sandler. If I
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could do a movie with Adam Sandler, I would literally die.
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He like is exactly like my dad.
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I think he's the funniest human like ever, I don't
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know it just him shack like that whole cast what
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what is it called Saturday Night Live? Like the old Yeah, Like,
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if I could be on a cast with those people
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like that would be so cool for.
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Well, you know, the fun fun thing about that is
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that's where a lot of them got their start.
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Yeah, like just like role playing and like live action,
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you know, like if.
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You look at the names, you know, Will Farrell, Eddie Murphy.
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Yeah, Eddie Murphy's hilarious to.
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Love.
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But no, that's where they got their start from. I
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think you always can get your start from something of
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that nature. But now it's like we're in this digital world. Yeah,
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so anybody can snipe at you.
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It's true.
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We're going to bring her in, bring in for whatever
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they want to bring it in.
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It's true, it's true.
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But yeah, I definitely would like to see myself in
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that realm, in the future. I think I could do
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a lot with it just because like personality wise and
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it goes a long way, you know.
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So that'd be as.
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Actress to work with. Oh boy, m m, there's a.
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Lot to choose from.
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I would say Layton Measter. She's have you ever seen
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Gossip Girl really really really Blair Waldorf? Yeah?
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Yeah, sorry, well you.
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Should now it's it's like not okay.
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So actually she's done a couple of movies with Adam
491
00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:51.480
Sandler and she's just like a really like versatile actress.
492
00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.119
She's like really big for her role as Blair Waldorf
493
00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:56.119
and Gossip Girl.
494
00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:59.440
Where she's kind of just like this super confident, you know,
495
00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:03.799
well put together, mean girl in a way almost, but
496
00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:07.759
she she just knows who she is and she really
497
00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:11.799
like kinda lets her confidence like kind of take over
498
00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:14.400
and like just somebody I've kind of looked up to
499
00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:17.000
in like a TV show because she never lets anybody
500
00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:20.400
like put in her place, even when like I don't
501
00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:23.839
know she should be, but she just like lets that confidence,
502
00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:26.279
like you know, roll right off of her and she
503
00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:28.920
keeps rolling with it. But then she can also play
504
00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:31.880
like a like another role like I don't know if
505
00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:34.559
you've seen that's my boy.
506
00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:36.319
You sound like chick flicks right now.
507
00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:39.920
No, that's my boy Adam Sandler. He's oh my god,
508
00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:45.119
you actually would like that one. I've seen him not gurally,
509
00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:47.119
it's not really, it's not that's my boy.
510
00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.920
What is it? Action?
511
00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:52.400
Yeah, No, it's like comedy.
512
00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:54.000
Like comedy if I'm more of a stand up comedy. Yeah,
513
00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.759
you gotta sell you gotta sell it to me though.
514
00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:59.119
But the movie, the movie, yeah, spoiler, come o loud,
515
00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:02.359
you do whatever you want, okay. Pretty much, it's like
516
00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:06.599
this this guy, uh, he's like twelve or thirteen, and
517
00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.799
he hooks up with his teacher.
518
00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:10.480
This sounds very like Billy Madison Oliver.
519
00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:12.839
Yeah, like kind of, but like yeah, he gets the
520
00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:15.519
teacher pregnant, and then the teacher ends up in jail,
521
00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:19.200
so then the baby's a jailborn like baby. But then
522
00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:21.359
he's like a rock star because he like hooked up
523
00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.599
with his teacher, so he's.
524
00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:24.799
Like all over magazines and that's nice.
525
00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:28.759
But yeah, so the son ends up with Leyton Measter
526
00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:31.319
and she wants this like perfect husband and everything. He
527
00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:34.039
ends up like changing his name. His name was Han
528
00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.960
solo Berger.
529
00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:39.160
Yeah, you know it's funny.
530
00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:41.200
I'm telling you gotta watch it, you gotta watch it,
531
00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:46.119
and yeah, then yeah, he goes on to be this
532
00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.519
like super like high tech like guy and like he
533
00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:51.880
had diabetes and stuff because he'd feed him ice cream
534
00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.279
every day.
535
00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.799
Damn.
536
00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.200
Yeah.
537
00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:56.200
And then but yeah, he changed his persona and everything
538
00:25:56.279 --> 00:26:00.240
is about to marry this girl, but then the the
539
00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:02.920
dad means like money, so he goes back to him
540
00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:05.799
and then crashes like his wedding and stuff like that,
541
00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:07.880
and then ends up finding out like the wife was
542
00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:11.680
the soon to be wife was like cheating on him,
543
00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:14.359
so he like saved the day. Yeah, I don't know,
544
00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.279
watch it.
545
00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:16.720
Maybe we'll see.
546
00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:18.960
Yeah, you got it, you got maybe maybe.
547
00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:23.160
Content creation, because modeling comes with the creation.
548
00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:25.000
Side, totally totally speak to that.
549
00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:26.440
What's the happy meeting with that?
550
00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.680
The content creation?
551
00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:31.759
I would just say that's another whole expressive lane. I
552
00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:34.400
kind of find with the content creation though, I really
553
00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:38.119
have built kind of an aesthetic that I like to
554
00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:41.400
present myself with. So if things don't really you know,
555
00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.000
I've kind of gotten to a point where it's like, hey,
556
00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:46.960
this is not up to my standard. I feel like
557
00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:49.799
I've just kind of like built this like aesthetic, and
558
00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:53.240
I want to be like represented and respected in kind
559
00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:56.359
of a way that aligns. Like if a project doesn't align,
560
00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.480
I'm not gonna take it. Yeah yeah, but it's another
561
00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:04.200
way to express yourself. But the thing is it's like advertising, right,
562
00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:06.000
That's the thing I've found with it. So it's like
563
00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.559
a lot of these companies just really take advantage of
564
00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:12.240
somebody like you built a You've established a name and
565
00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.400
built yourself up, and and it's just you're not gonna
566
00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:16.559
deal with something like that.
567
00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:21.920
You're more like I feel like you're more like Ralph Loreen.
568
00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:24.440
Okay, Okay, I see it.
569
00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:28.240
Yeah? What else is there? What else is there? Other brands?
570
00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:32.079
Other brands? What do you mean, like lux, Gucci, Jimmy Choo.
571
00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:35.039
Yeah, we love the Jimmy Choo, I bet you do.
572
00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:37.160
You know what I really do love is the Italian
573
00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:40.640
brand though I'm Italian, so yep, yeah, we love like
574
00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:42.240
Prada and stuff like that.
575
00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:42.559
Yeah.
576
00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:46.079
Yeah, so your clause Issaci.
577
00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.880
So what's what's the today?
578
00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:50.000
Lubitans? This?
579
00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.119
What's this?
580
00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.480
My watch? Cardier?
581
00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:58.880
Okay, excuse me? Yes, I got Apple Watch here? We
582
00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.799
that here?
583
00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.160
What?
584
00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:01.599
I actually lost my Apple Watch?
585
00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:05.559
I loved it at your wrist, I know, I know, okay, yes,
586
00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:09.559
and then just this blazer and stuff is from a Ritzy.
587
00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:14.400
Got some good stuff, you know, not bad, not bad
588
00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.759
makes sense, So that's good.
589
00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.200
That's good. Is there a favorite brand that you like though?
590
00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:20.880
Is there's like what's like in your closet? What's the
591
00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.319
your magnum opus.
592
00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:27.680
I really like catour like gowns, I would say, like anything,
593
00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:32.119
uh like manic Ilie. So they're a New York she's
594
00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:36.839
a New York fashion designer. She has the most beautiful dresses, honestly,
595
00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:42.359
anything that really looks like art, like just something different.
596
00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:45.079
I don't like to be basic. I find like, you know,
597
00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:47.720
you get so much of the same thing and it's
598
00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.640
just like trends and stuff like that. I kind of
599
00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.039
really shock when I'm shopping and I see something that
600
00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:56.200
I like, I will buy it, like I if it's
601
00:28:56.319 --> 00:29:00.920
if it's I don't know, giving like lots of flowers,
602
00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:04.559
like different like gold pieces, like just something different you
603
00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:06.599
wouldn't see on on somebody.
604
00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.519
That's kind of how I shop.
605
00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:11.160
You know. That's how big is your closet? You probably
606
00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.880
have like oh my.
607
00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:14.640
Gosh, the amount of time. So we lived in a
608
00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:19.440
condo in London, and I think the repair guy had
609
00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:23.319
to come up like five times because my closet kept breaking.
610
00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.279
Ohez like it.
611
00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.799
I have a dress that I had for Miss Canada
612
00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:32.799
and it weighed twelve kilos. Wait what Yeah, it weighed
613
00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:35.480
twelve kilos. So I'm not sure what that is in pounds.
614
00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.720
That's whatever we could figure out.
615
00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:40.559
Yeah right, I yeah, it broke my closet. Like I
616
00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.160
had so two dresses from Miss Canada. I weighed them
617
00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:47.519
both together. They were eleven pounds and then the one
618
00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:49.640
dress the designer said was twelve kilos.
619
00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:51.200
So are these heavy when you put these on?
620
00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.920
Oh? Yeah, when you're walking Like That's what I'm saying.
621
00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.640
Like I love to kind.
622
00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.319
Of wear art.
623
00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.799
It's like these big kind of you know, contraption zone
624
00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.759
sudden you get to like walk around in it.
625
00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.079
Just so cool.
626
00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:06.960
Like I love like surfing even like the Internet and
627
00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:11.640
just seeing different trends, Like throughout decades, I find like
628
00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:16.720
bringing back classic vintage pieces like that never goes out
629
00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:20.960
of style. If you find something that is like just beautiful,
630
00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.720
like timeless almost, That's kind of how I like to
631
00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:27.000
base my style, like something timeless, like a breath of
632
00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.200
fresh air, if I had to describe it, you know,
633
00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:32.759
like just like that, but also slick too, Like I
634
00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:35.799
like when things look slick, what.
635
00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:37.880
Grinds your gears? In content creation?
636
00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:39.680
What grinds my gears?
637
00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:48.039
I would just say, you know, probably when you can
638
00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.000
kind of tell someone is faking it. Like what I
639
00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:54.559
would say is this is this is where I'm going.
640
00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:58.799
You see someone on the internet and then people idolize them,
641
00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:01.559
and you would think that person would just be like
642
00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:05.960
so like cool in real life and grateful. Then you
643
00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.640
meet the person and it's just totally like nose in
644
00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:13.119
the air. Like that was something I witnessed a lot
645
00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:16.160
and can like everyone's kind of in it for them
646
00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:19.440
themselves and if they sell something really well on the internet,
647
00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:22.440
like that's it, but they're not that person in real life.
648
00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:24.400
So like when you meet somebody and it's not what
649
00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.480
you're expecting.
650
00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:27.480
You see that a lot. Yeah, that's anything.
651
00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:31.359
It's so true like anything, I was shocked, but certain people.
652
00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.279
I would just say.
653
00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:36.200
That, like when when someone's not what you're expecting, like
654
00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:39.400
it just kind of sucks, it does, Yeah, especially when
655
00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:42.319
you even base your content off of like you know,
656
00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:45.400
you look up to them like you know, something like.
657
00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:48.680
That and you'd be surprised. It's it's funny because in
658
00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:52.000
the podcasting world or now I'm doing the streaming thing
659
00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.920
and whatnot, and you go into a lot of these
660
00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:57.720
places and you be surprised. And I said this on
661
00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:01.839
a previous podcast that that will be up before this one,
662
00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:04.039
where it's like you go to a lot of these
663
00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:08.000
functions and you see folks with all these numbers. Yeah,
664
00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.440
but it doesn't equate to who they are in person.
665
00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.720
I know, That's exactly it.
666
00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:15.920
That's what I was trying to say, cause you know,
667
00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:19.920
I go to these events and stuff, and that's why
668
00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:22.799
I don't stick around that long, cause it's like I'm
669
00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.920
there with my sister and she's the person I know
670
00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:27.880
and that I love. And I'm honestly really bad with
671
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:32.359
like face to names, so you know, like unless I
672
00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:34.680
like idolize that person, Like if Adam Sandler walked in
673
00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.720
the room, I don't know who he is.
674
00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.200
But I honestly I.
675
00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:40.119
Don't really keep up with the tabloids because, like you know,
676
00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:42.920
I'm obviously grinding and focusing on myself. I don't really
677
00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:45.119
have a lot of time to watch TV and movies
678
00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:45.759
and stuff, so.
679
00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.200
New emerging people.
680
00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.759
But you know when someone's just like, you don't know
681
00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:51.880
who I am, and I'm like, well, I'm sorry, but
682
00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.799
like you know.
683
00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:55.759
Like are that actually comes out of people's mouth. Yeah,
684
00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:58.160
they actually say that, yes, you don't know who I am.
685
00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.079
Yes, I've gotten that a few times, and I'm like,
686
00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:03.640
I am so sorry, but I don't like and you know,
687
00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.680
it's just the arrogance.
688
00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:07.440
And I would normally hear that in like the sidebar
689
00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:09.799
local cities, or you don't know who I am, you
690
00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.400
don't know who I'm attached to, but like that's how
691
00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:11.799
people are.
692
00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:16.119
Some people, Wow, yeah Jesus, I know. And then you
693
00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:18.720
get the ones that are sweethearts. Like there it's you know,
694
00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:23.279
like there's the whole other side of it too, where
695
00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:26.160
honestly their numbers don't even matter, they don't even check
696
00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:28.240
their phone and they're just like the coolest human ever.
697
00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:30.400
And you know, like it's because I.
698
00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:32.759
Think a lot of folks are attached to they're attached
699
00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:35.400
to numbers of followers, and they're attached to the money
700
00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.000
that they're making.
701
00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:40.319
It's so embarrassing in my opinion, you know, like just
702
00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:44.400
the things that you see and like the way that
703
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.160
people behave Like I feel like at the end of
704
00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:49.079
the day, it comes down to who you are and
705
00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:52.759
kind of the legacy that you're leaving. And if you know,
706
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:55.079
every day you wake up and you say, Okay, I
707
00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:59.000
made X, Y and Z people smile today. This person
708
00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.920
thought I was funny or you know, I had a
709
00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:03.480
good chat with like so and so. Like just taking
710
00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:06.319
one like positive thing and leaving a positive imprint on
711
00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:09.239
like someone a day, even like a grocery store person.
712
00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.760
I feel like like.
713
00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:14.079
This is what I'm trying to say, is uh like
714
00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:20.679
once you start making money and then you'll see the
715
00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:23.119
true reflection of that like person.
716
00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:26.039
And I feel like a lot.
717
00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:27.800
Of people, once they start making money, they just are
718
00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.760
all about themselves.
719
00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:31.599
But you know, like you see you.
720
00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:34.159
Know, like I even said this, I was like, no
721
00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:37.119
matter how successful I'm gonna be, it's like, these are
722
00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:39.760
the people that are supporting me and believe in me.
723
00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:42.159
And if they see me on the street and I'm
724
00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:44.280
having like a shit day, but they're like, how are
725
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:47.239
you doing, I'm gonna be like, I'm doing great.
726
00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.840
How are you?
727
00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:51.280
Like, you know, you're not You're not lying who you
728
00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:54.840
are on cameras who I'm off camera, Yes. Who you
729
00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:56.559
see in person is who you see in person.
730
00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.039
Yes.
731
00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:59.480
And it's so sad to sometimes see that there's so
732
00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:02.039
many folks that are just hidden behind the lens of
733
00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:04.920
a camera on social media Instagram, yeah, or Twitch or
734
00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.880
TikTok or whatever. Yeah, but when they're out in public,
735
00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:11.320
they don't even know how to necessarily act or they're
736
00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:13.079
just all conceded.
737
00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:16.000
I get so confused sometimes because it's like you really
738
00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:19.039
think you're getting this like awesome human, Like you think
739
00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:23.719
you're talking to this awesome person, and then like they
740
00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:26.119
just kind of almost like snuff you a little bit,
741
00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.880
and you're like, damn.
742
00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:30.800
But those are the folks that will become lonely at
743
00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:33.599
the end of the day. Yeah, all right, because we
744
00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:37.599
know this content creation modeling brand deals with all this.
745
00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:40.119
It's a lonely road. Yeah, And you're gonna as you
746
00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:43.119
go into another season or another stage, you're going to
747
00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:44.679
find some folks that are going to want to just
748
00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:45.599
ride on the coattails.
749
00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:45.960
Yeah.
750
00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.119
And then there's gonna be the ones that are going
751
00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:49.760
to ride with you based on what you're doing.
752
00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.159
Yeah.
753
00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.039
And I've seen that in all my life. You know
754
00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:54.840
almost just say it's a decade, it'll be like a
755
00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:57.800
October thirty first yeah, of doing with this podcast. And
756
00:35:57.800 --> 00:36:00.400
I've seen like the ones that have come and gone
757
00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.679
yeah and I laugh.
758
00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.239
Yeah.
759
00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:05.840
But then there's the new re emerging folks from like
760
00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:09.159
years ago, yeah, growing up on the basketball court or stuff,
761
00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:11.719
and they're the ones who are now checking for you. Yeah,
762
00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:13.400
and you kind of just sit back and you're like, Okay,
763
00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:16.000
so you're still here. But it's like why are you here? Yeah,
764
00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:18.159
because it's always the thing like you just don't know.
765
00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:21.159
It's just that's That's something else I have like kind
766
00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:26.320
of been tripping about and in my career is I'm
767
00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:30.159
not fully aware of who is watching, like, you know,
768
00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:35.039
like and I don't know why they're watching. Like certain people,
769
00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.039
like when they'll reach out to me out of nowhere,
770
00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:40.079
I'm just like, holy cow, Like this girl I haven't
771
00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:42.559
seen since senior kindergarten reached out to me.
772
00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.320
The one day.
773
00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:47.039
Everybody's watching those and they're watching those damn like're watching us.
774
00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:49.159
You know, because you get to a point like at first,
775
00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:51.440
you're very shy about what you put out there, like
776
00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.559
you're just starting. And that's how I was I was
777
00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:56.199
just starting. I wasn't really sure of my lane. I
778
00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:59.119
didn't really have my aesthetic developed that. I wasn't really
779
00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:01.400
sure what I wanted to do, where I wanted.
780
00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:02.079
To take it and stuff.
781
00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:07.320
And uh so I was embarrassed to, you know, get going.
782
00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:11.719
And then after a certain point, you just forget who's
783
00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:14.760
watching because it's your job and you're making money and
784
00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:18.320
you know you have to keep going and posting and
785
00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:20.480
stuff like that, and it's just like you're just filtering
786
00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:24.639
through things. But when certain people reach out to me,
787
00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:26.760
it kind of catches me off guard because I'm like.
788
00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:29.000
Whoa, I was not aware that you're true.
789
00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:32.480
There are a lot of in my ears of doing this. Yeah,
790
00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:35.599
it's interesting. It's very telling because the ones that are
791
00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:38.239
watching and they're not saying anything, they're the ones who
792
00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:40.679
are watching the hardiest actually. But then you get those
793
00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:43.119
messages folks, I see what you're doing. I see what
794
00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:46.199
you're doing. They check in, or you know, maybe it's
795
00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:47.400
that comment on Instagram.
796
00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:49.880
You're like, wait, it kind of catches you off guard.
797
00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:51.960
Like it's almost like I feel like it's depending on
798
00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:54.559
what season you're in. Yeah, because it's like some folks
799
00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.760
will just because you know the ones that are watching
800
00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:59.840
in the stories. Yeah, they're watching in the stories, but
801
00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:03.119
they don't watch the actual like post themselves. Yeah, they're
802
00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.159
in your story. Yeah, oh yeah, I'll give you the
803
00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:08.440
I'll give you the whole buffet. I'll give you the
804
00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:10.719
whole buffet. You can take the seat, the sea, the
805
00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.480
teaser snacks.
806
00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:11.840
Yeah.
807
00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.519
But then you walk into places and people see you
808
00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:15.320
and then the it's like they got to look down
809
00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:18.039
or you know, things like that. Because I'm between both
810
00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:19.719
both cities, right, that happens.
811
00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.440
To me all the time.
812
00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:23.840
It's like, okay, so I actually have my TikTok views on.
813
00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:26.760
I don't be lurking, and you know, I can't be
814
00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:29.519
lurking because people see people will see that.
815
00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:33.239
I don't even learn honestly, just post, yeah, and don't
816
00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.079
even bother scrolling.
817
00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:35.519
That's kind of the point, and that's how.
818
00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:37.519
You got to do it as a creator, whatever level
819
00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.199
you're at.
820
00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:40.800
Just post, just go Yeah, you know what it is.
821
00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:43.039
This is a big thing that I've I've talked to
822
00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:45.880
a lot of YouTube guys overseas and stuff like that.
823
00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:48.639
I started my YouTube, so I've been on that grind.
824
00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:53.199
But you know, they say, like just once you develop
825
00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:56.079
a niche and that sort of thing, and like what
826
00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:59.840
people are going to truly benefit from watching you once
827
00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:02.039
you figure that out, like you're rolling, like just.
828
00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:03.960
Roll it out, roll it, roll it out, rolling out.
829
00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:06.000
So that's kind of what my my TikTok's kind of
830
00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.280
been these days is just kind of me, you know,
831
00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:11.280
posting kind of more modeling tips. How I got into modeling,
832
00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:13.679
Like what kind of smoothie is I'm making? What kind
833
00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:15.440
of food I'm eating? Because you know, like people like
834
00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:17.800
look at that, like what's your routine? Like how how
835
00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:21.280
are you doing this? Living this lifestyle? And it's just
836
00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:25.480
like that's kind of like what I've kind of developed
837
00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:27.719
with them, and they're like take that, It'll take you far.
838
00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.519
No, I love that. I love that, you know, before
839
00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:33.719
we get out of here, it's I've never done this
840
00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:36.199
actually on the podcast, I've done it subtly. Okay, I'm
841
00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:41.159
gonna I'm gonna give I'm gonna call it Roy's Feedback Corner, Okay,
842
00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:43.719
because it's something that I've picked up on with you. Now,
843
00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.800
this could be negative feedback and positive feedback.
844
00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:49.280
I kind of love both you that, right, you learn
845
00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.800
you like like a sponge.
846
00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:53.880
Yeah, I feel like for your first podcast, and this
847
00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:59.280
is not blowing no smoke, just the tonality, the dialogue,
848
00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:04.119
the speech. Really keep focus on that, okay, because you
849
00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.599
have something here. I can feel it. Okay, that's energy.
850
00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:10.199
That's just me giving you that like them flowers you
851
00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:12.960
because even when you're sitting there, talk and I'm catching
852
00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.239
on every word. And I've said this this podcast lately
853
00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:18.239
now is no script. Yeah, my friends right here, no
854
00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:20.239
script is just real talk. But what I'm trying to
855
00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:22.719
show focus is intentional listening. Yeah, and if you know
856
00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:27.280
how to have the right conversations, yeah, it's just organic.
857
00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:31.960
Like I said, this goes back to a point, it's
858
00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:36.719
the smartest person. Shout out to my older cousin, Brendan PERLINI.
859
00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:38.599
I don't know if you've heard of him. He's pro
860
00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:41.400
hockey player. I should know himka, Yeah, he's cool.
861
00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:43.360
Does he play for Minnesota or some of that.
862
00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:46.800
No, So he got drafted in the first round twenty
863
00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:48.719
fourteen to the Arizona Coyotes.
864
00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:50.599
So honestly, a lot of what.
865
00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:54.400
I implement into this is a lot of what I've
866
00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:56.679
learned from him. He's someone I've always looked up to
867
00:40:56.800 --> 00:41:01.159
and he told me when I was like fourteen, the
868
00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:05.159
smartest person in the room is the quietest, because it's
869
00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:07.719
like if you can listen and you could pick up
870
00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:11.199
on how people feel, like you can immediately sense if
871
00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:15.559
someone's frustrated or if someone's sad, or if someone's like
872
00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:20.000
loving their life like whatever it is. Yeah, And honestly,
873
00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:22.360
that's something that has saved me in this career. Like,
874
00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:25.679
for example, when I was in can I was at
875
00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:29.480
like a passion show and I didn't even know who
876
00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:32.960
this lady was. I went outside to get a breath
877
00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:34.960
of fresh air because we were in this tiny room
878
00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:38.079
and you know, it's like like hot and it was
879
00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:41.880
thirty degrees there, and the I guess, this lady owns
880
00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:46.199
this fashion like award thing and I had no idea
881
00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:48.000
who she even was. But she's bowling her eyes out
882
00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:50.679
because something went like totally wrong. So I went up
883
00:41:50.679 --> 00:41:52.440
to her and she was crying by herself, and I
884
00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:54.639
was just like, are you okay, Like, oh my god,
885
00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:57.760
and then we started talking and everything like that, and
886
00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:00.199
then she followed me on Instagram and she actually has
887
00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:03.199
an end with Prada, like for fashion week Milan Fashion Week,
888
00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.840
so she's been messaging me shout out to her and like,
889
00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:08.079
you know, like it's just you don't know who you're
890
00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:11.280
talking to, and it doesn't matter because if like someone's
891
00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:13.800
going through something like and you can be there and listen,
892
00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:17.960
like you've changed that person's day and made you know
893
00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.679
their life better.
894
00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:23.280
This space, I've learned it now just with the streaming,
895
00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:28.039
a lot of people are watching, yeah, and it's it's absolutely.
896
00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:29.559
Can be scary, yeah, but.
897
00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:31.119
Then you sit back and it's about how you have
898
00:42:31.119 --> 00:42:33.719
to hold yourself up like a brand, yes, because you
899
00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:37.599
can't be caught with I would say with your pants down, yeah,
900
00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:39.280
with certain folks.
901
00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:39.559
True.
902
00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:42.119
And that's the reason why I like, I take I
903
00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:44.719
take a lot of feedback from one of my guys.
904
00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.599
He's doing a lot of different things, but I understood
905
00:42:47.639 --> 00:42:50.679
why he rolls solo in a lot of his places
906
00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:53.000
where those Yeah, you can meet up with folks, but
907
00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.599
you know when the leave, when it's your time to
908
00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:56.880
wry yes, yes, or if you're going to be around people,
909
00:42:56.920 --> 00:43:00.119
you're around people not because of others maybe have like
910
00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:03.559
a name or maybe some stigma attached, but it's kind
911
00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.079
of best to hold your own self accountable.
912
00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:08.800
I really, you know, I I think that comes back
913
00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:11.800
to back in high school, like I always was trying
914
00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:15.239
to fit in and hang out with the cool crowd
915
00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:17.920
and you know, throw parties even though it like really
916
00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:21.079
made my parents upset. And you know, I think I
917
00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:24.360
dealt with it enough back then that now I'm just like,
918
00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:27.239
I don't care who you are or what you do
919
00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:28.559
or how much money you make.
920
00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:33.039
If you make me feel good, like I'll I fuck.
921
00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:35.559
With you, like that's how I you know, like you're
922
00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:38.639
cool with me, but the moment you kind of snip
923
00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:40.760
me or like, you know whatever, if you don't make
924
00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:43.440
me feel good, Like, why would I like pour like
925
00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:46.280
myself into that, Because that's how you lose yourself.
926
00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:51.639
Yeah, well, said Megan. How do we get one percent.
927
00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:56.320
Better one percent better in life? Hmmm? I would say
928
00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:57.000
just show up.
929
00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:00.800
If you're tired, show up, if you're down yourself, show up,
930
00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:03.760
if you don't feel confident, show up, if you're stuck
931
00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:07.199
in traffic for four hours, show the heck up crazy.
932
00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.880
And I can attest to that. Yes, and that was off.
933
00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:13.639
This is where accountability comes into play. But we wear
934
00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:16.800
so many hats. Yes, and it's not an excuse but
935
00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:19.679
it's like the scheduling for this podcast, I openly say,
936
00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:22.800
this is how it is. Yeah, it was a misschedule
937
00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:25.239
off of my point, so I had to push the date,
938
00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:28.079
or well push the date to the date it was
939
00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:30.960
supposed to be, but push the time. Yeah, and noticing
940
00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:33.639
that it kind of worked out in a way that
941
00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:35.519
you could still make it. Well, what I had to
942
00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:37.800
put you through thill was the keys because the laws
943
00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:39.800
of the universe. But you know what, I don't know
944
00:44:40.159 --> 00:44:44.039
where your religious basis, Like you believe in God, obviously,
945
00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:46.800
I think always says that God is good, God is great. Yep,
946
00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.840
God was not going to allow the misopportunity happen today.
947
00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.039
It's true. And you know what, like I was even
948
00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:55.800
thinking that on the way here. This is kind of crazy.
949
00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:59.599
Like I actually pulled off at an en route for
950
00:44:59.719 --> 00:45:05.880
five minutes and then literally that whole accident happened. I
951
00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:08.039
actually pulled off at an en route to fix my hair.
952
00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:12.159
I'm not even joking, because I was like, I had
953
00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.960
my hair in like a messy butt and like it
954
00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:15.559
was like just to hold the curls.
955
00:45:15.599 --> 00:45:16.800
And then I was like, I want it to look
956
00:45:16.880 --> 00:45:17.519
nice for when I.
957
00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:20.760
Get there, and then literally like then there was that
958
00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:24.360
huge traffic jam and I was just like, oh my god,
959
00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:26.760
and that's why I was like googling it and something.
960
00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:28.840
It was freaky.
961
00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:34.440
Yeah, no, that's that's actually because something came over me there. Yeah,
962
00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:36.239
because I have my I have my belief, but no,
963
00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:40.400
I I it's sometimes those little subtle things.
964
00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:43.360
Just crazy like and even like before any trip or anything,
965
00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:45.239
I always like do a little prayer like I'm just like,
966
00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:47.320
please keep me safe, Like I have a cross on
967
00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:50.840
my neck always, like you know, like just like keep
968
00:45:50.840 --> 00:45:51.760
me safe and everything.
969
00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:55.960
Said that before I left London, literally like so.
970
00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:57.679
Well, I appreciate you.
971
00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:59.960
Yeah. Cool.
972
00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:03.559
So my Instagram is just Megan Perlini and then my
973
00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:07.920
YouTube's Meghan Perlini. My TikTok's Megan Polini Underscore because Megan
974
00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:12.199
Perlini was taken for some reason and uh yeah that's me.
975
00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:16.920
And listen, she's gonna vlog whatever she wants to take
976
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from this. Yeah, I'd love to see.
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What happens we're posting this on the YouTube.
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Yeah, definitely, definitely. I'll make sure I throw a subscribe
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there too.
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That's so awesome.
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Absolutely, I'll subscribe and try to build notification. I feel
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like this is the thing what else creators have to do, right,
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It doesn't matter if it's your friend, family, whatever, just
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like just like.
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It's free exactly.
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That's like you know what. I literally am so guilty
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of that. Like when I meet someone and then like
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I know them.
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So it's just like I like everything to the point
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where I'm like, am I annoying?
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But like I would love if someone was hyping me
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up like that.
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They're supposed to do though, because you know, we're all
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in this to win together. Yeah, food for everybody, and
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I think.
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It's like I've met that person, so it's like I
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just like them.
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And I know, yeah, that's kind of appreciate you. Yeah,
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thank you. I appreciate this. Nice to get chatting and stuff, right,