From Jamaica to Propel Models: Tina Rattigan on Leadership, Resilience & Success
The Mike Litton Experience
Mike Litton
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful episode of The Mike Litton Experience, Mike sits down with entrepreneur and model manager Tina Rattigan, founder of Propel Models, to explore her incredible journey from Jamaica to building a purpose-driven modeling agency in the United States.
Tina shares her inspiring story of resilience—growing up in Jamaica, moving to the U.S. at 21, navigating cultural shifts, overcoming personal challenges, and ultimately launching Propel Models with a mission to protect, mentor, and elevate talent in the modeling industry.
After witnessing firsthand the gaps in model representation—especially through her daughter’s international modeling experience—Tina redefined what leadership in fashion should look like. Today, she leads with integrity, strong boundaries, and a deep commitment to guiding models mentally, emotionally, and professionally.
In this episode, viewers will discover:
• The power of resilience and reinvention
• Why boundaries are essential in leadership and business
• Behind-the-scenes truths about the modeling industry
• How to build a purpose-driven company from experience
• What it takes to protect and propel young talent globally
• Lessons in entrepreneurship, motherhood, and vision
Tina Rattigan is not just building a modeling agency—she’s building confidence, strength, and sustainable careers.
If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, creative professional, model, parent, or leader, this conversation will challenge and inspire you.
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| 0:00.0 | I was riding up Spruce Street in Connecticut, Manchester, Connecticut. |
| 0:07.0 | And I said, good morning, hi, to some random person, because that's how I was brought up. |
| 0:12.0 | Nothing. |
| 0:15.0 | Wow. |
| 0:16.0 | It was just like no response. |
| 0:18.0 | Nobody made any response. |
| 0:20.0 | No response, No nothing. |
| 0:21.6 | It's like, okay. |
| 0:24.4 | I guess this is how it is here. |
| 0:28.2 | So I went home and told my mom like, hey, I don't want to be here. |
| 0:31.4 | That was like six or seven months into it. |
| 0:32.5 | I don't want to be here. |
| 0:33.8 | It's it's I. |
| 0:36.0 | I want to go back home. I kind of want to mother, so to speak, new faces that is new to the industry, that |
| 0:45.9 | doesn't know how to, which direction to go. |
| 0:48.9 | So that was one of my main reasons that I started, one of my main reasons. I started the agency. |
| 0:57.0 | I don't want to go too far ahead because this is the reason why Propel models got this name. |
| 1:08.0 | But the overall view of managing and guiding and supporting, that was my main, one of my main |
| 1:18.4 | reasons. |
| 1:19.0 | March of 2020, yeah. |
| 1:22.0 | So she went to Paris, 17, one of her agencies in New York arranged a whole thing so she went to Paris she got robbed |
| 1:41.5 | oh no and that's the time that I decided to like, no, never again. |
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