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Ep. 65 - Super Model + Bad B Kari Calhoun on How to be Your Authentic Self and Change Industry Standards

Almost 30

Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Oh, this episode is just a couple of models just having a discussion about models doing model things. JUST KIDDING. But, what a discussion that would be ... On the real tho, Krista and Linds sat down this week with a #reallifemodel KARI CALHOUN, one of the most popular names in America's Next Top Model history (Season 21, what uppppp!). And we get to all the details, from start to finish on her model journey.    We talk about her story, moving from Dallas to Iowa to Los Angeles, and why she fell in love with the city full of so many opportunities. (She literally hopped off the plane at LAX) Although at first she never took her modeling career seriously, she got signed to a boutique agency and started going to auditions, which were as intense as people say they are. There was a long period where Kari's lack of confidence was showing through the camera & kept her asking "Why am I not getting it?" or "What am I doing wrong?" So how did she get her groove back? Soul searching, not giving a f*ck, letting go, taking everything step-by-step, & realizing the auditions that best fit HER.   Kari also lays down the law when it comes to #INSTAMODELS & why they shouldn't be honored or idolized. "What goes viral about you should be your character and how you live your life, " she explains. MIC FRICKEN DROP. And in addition, she touches on how gratitude can get lost during the hustle. SUCH A GOOD POINT!   But we all know you want to hear about Kari's ANTM career started, which by the way, was when Kari was holding a plank at the gym while a casting director approached her! From the drama to the producers egging things on, Kari TELLS ALL & she learned more than she could have imagined from it. But you'll have to hear for yourself now on #iTunes!   This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podsights - https://podsights.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to the almost 30 podcasts. It's Lindsay Simpson and Crystal Williams.

0:11.4

You guys were dead.

0:18.3

Dead. We're freaking dead. If you guys want to be dead too, listen to this episode.

0:24.1

This episode and also go to at CariX Michelle on Instagram, K-A-R-I-X Michelle on Instagram.

0:32.8

This girl is so fucking stunning.

0:36.3

Stunning. It will take your breath away.

0:38.4

Yeah. And like, what is actually incredible is that she is just as stunning on the inside.

0:45.5

So interesting, so deep. I've never met anyone that I literally want to talk to her for

0:49.6

24 hours straight in the marathon of Cari. Yeah. I'm like, she's like a magnet, dude. I'm like,

0:55.3

whenever she's around me, I just want to be around her. And she's funny. She's open. She's real.

1:02.4

She's thoughtful. She is just like one of those people. Well, that's just been blessed with this

1:07.9

amazing look. And she... So Cari was on America's Next Top Model. I'm sure if you are a viewer of America's

1:16.6

Next Top Model, you remember her. We were all rooting for you.

1:19.9

Literally fucking rooting for you, girl. But she was famous because she got one of the most shocking

1:25.8

makeovers in the show's history. That's right. They basically... I mean, once they just took her

1:32.1

and they just somehow made leecher. They bleached her as bizarre. But that's not the point.

1:37.4

No, not the point, but still crazy. But it's still crazy. So she was discovered, was on America's

1:42.8

Next Top Model. She is a working, working, working model. She is within the world. A

1:46.9

Dita, she's with car brands, she's with like... Basically, we see her all the time. So any brand

1:52.3

that's a big, amazing brand, she's working with them. And she's just killing it. And we talk about

1:58.1

what it's like to be a model, the modeling industry. We talk about her path to where she is. We talk

2:04.8

about standing in your truth and owning your light. And we just have fun. Yeah, it's a really fun

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