Ellie Goldstein: Confidence, being underestimated, and Gucci hairbands

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Can you look at yourself and say ‘I am happy’? Supermodel Ellie Goldstein, who was born with Down’s Syndrome, says she can.

In this chat with Fearne, Ellie and her mum Yvonne talk about the obstacles she’s overcome to grace the covers of Vogue and Glamour, as well as become the UK ambassador for a Barbie doll based on a person with Down’s Syndrome.

They chat about the importance of making sure kids feel a part of a community. It doesn’t matter how quickly they pick up a hobby, or how good they are at it – what matters is that they’re enjoying themselves.

Against All Odds By Ellie Goldstein (with foreword by Katie Piper) is out now.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Fern Cotton and this is Happy Place, the show that constantly redefines what's possible.
0:07.0	Today, I'm chatting to Ellie Goldstein and her mum, Yvonne.
0:11.0	The drama with the teacher is like, how can she do modelling?
0:15.0	How can she be an advert? It's like it's so negative.
0:19.0	They got her character, her personality mixed up with the conditions.
0:24.0	So Ellie is cheeky, she can't be crafty, cheeky, you know you can't.
0:29.0	So that would just be like, she'd be punished because of the wrong things.
0:34.0	But they didn't know how to pangle her.
0:38.0	At the end of the shoot, we're in a cab to go home.
0:42.0	I'm like, call for my identity, tell your mum that I'm the co-oper.
0:46.0	And for me, no, I won't come back.
0:49.0	What?
0:50.0	When Ellie was born with Down syndrome, doctors gave her parents little hope about the life she's led.
0:56.0	But for 21 years and counting, Ellie has been to find the odds and overcoming every hardship thrown her away.
1:04.0	She's absolutely soaring, she's a supermodel who's graced the covers of vogue and glamour.
1:10.0	And there's done amazing campaigns for Gucci, Nike, Adidas and a load of others too.
1:15.0	She's also, and this is so cool, she's also become the UK ambassador for a Barbie doll based on a person with Down syndrome.
1:23.0	Now she's written a book with mum, Avon, who of course we had to get involved in this chat,
1:28.0	that tells the story of her quite frankly stratospheric rise to stardom.
1:34.0	I love chatting to Ellie and Avon.
1:37.0	We covered a hell of a lot.
1:39.0	I really appreciated Avon being so honest about the loneliness we can sometimes feel as parents.
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