148: Danish Pageant Beauty Encores at 65

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Pia Gronning was runner-up Miss Denmark in 1969, landing leading roles in several Scandinavian movies. Discovered by famed modeling agency executive Eileen Ford in 1973, she moved to New York City and modelled for 13 years for print and broadcast ads, traveling worldwide. Now, at 65, she is a globetrotting model once again. Earlier, feeling pressure from her father to get “a real job,” Pia enrolled in college. Modeling agencies were enticing her with offers. Pulled in two directions, she took some gigs. “After filming all day, I’d go to my hotel room and I study to be a school teacher.”

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 148. I'm creator and host,
0:17.7	Don Hutchison. Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has
0:22.0	discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:28.8	Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Pia Groning. Welcome, Pia. Hi, thanks, Don.
0:36.7	Pia, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:39.7	Yeah. I think so.
0:42.0	All right, all right. Even with that hesitant answer, we want to hear the whole story.
0:46.5	A little bit about Pia.
0:47.9	Pia Groning was born in Denmark.
0:50.2	She was runner-up, Miss Denmark in 1969, was discovered by a movie producer way back then.
0:56.6	She had leading roles in several Scandinavian movies.
0:59.9	She was discovered by the famous Eileen Ford in 1973, moved to New York City in 1974,
1:06.6	worked as a model for 13 years in print and broadcast commercials living in Manhattan,
1:12.3	traveled all over the world. In 1986, she moved to L.A. to pursue acting,
1:17.3	decided that the Hollywood scene was not for her, did mostly TV commercials in L.A.
1:21.9	By pure accident, she started doing interior design for movie stars
1:25.6	and made a business out of it for 13 years,
1:28.5	learned on the job. She went back into modeling at the age of 52. Now she's doing modeling
1:33.4	full time again, traveling all over the world and having great fun. Pia, sounds like great fun to me,
1:39.5	so that's a summary of your very interesting life. Tell our listeners what you're up to now
1:43.6	that has you
1:44.2	engaged and fascinated if you would. Well, obviously still working, modeling and traveling all over the
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