Embracing Change and Finding Your Voice in the Creative Industry with Karina Michel

Your Brand Amplified®

Bleav + Anika Jackson

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5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Karina Michel's journey through the multifaceted realms of modeling, acting, producing, and podcasting is a testament to her resilience, adaptability, and unwavering passion for storytelling. Born in England and later relocating to the United States, Karina's path has been anything but conventional. Her early aspirations began in the world of modeling, where she was discovered at a local mall in Ohio. Her journey serves as a reminder that success is not a linear path but rather a series of twists and turns that shape who we are.

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0:00.0	Life is not a dress rehearsal. I can't remember who said it, but it's the same thing about
0:05.3	showing up. You know, it's like, you just have to go. And if you don't like it, you can leave.
0:11.4	But you got to show up.
0:14.0	Step into the world of success with your brand amplified, the ultimate podcast designed to unravel
0:20.1	the intricacies of thriving businesses.
0:22.6	I'm your host, Onica Jackson, and I'm on a mission to uncover the stories, strategies,
0:27.8	and secrets that have propelled entrepreneurs and business leaders to success.
0:35.7	It's been a while since I've had another podcaster on the show.
0:39.9	So I am thrilled to welcome Karina Michelle.
0:43.1	Karina, thank you for being on your band, Amplified, first and foremost.
0:46.7	Thank you.
0:47.3	It's great to be here and talk to another podcaster.
0:49.5	Yeah, it's always fun.
0:50.7	It is always fun.
0:51.9	And I'd love to dive into your background a little bit. You're British American. You started out as a model, an actress, and then you got into the production side of things, executive producing, and all of the different things that go along with that.
1:05.8	Yeah, pretty much went through everything. I feel like both sides. So yeah, I started out as, I started out in England
1:12.9	and then my family moved to the U.S. So, but yeah, I guess when I was probably a teenager, like early
1:19.9	teen years, I thought, oh, it would be fun to be a model, but, you know, didn't really know anybody
1:25.2	that was modeling. I was in Ohio at the time with my family.
1:29.5	So, but I got discovered at a local mall. And a couple weeks later, I think I was taking pictures
1:35.2	locally. And then I was in New York City, like two weeks after that. So I kind of got thrown in.
1:40.3	And yeah, I did stuff in New York City for a while. And then long story short, I went out to L.A. and then worked there for about 12 years and did a lot of like TV and still did some modeling and film. And then I decided there was a writer's fight going on. And I decided that I probably needed to figure out something else because it was pretty slow. And so I was like, okay, what else would I want to do?
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