I Choose … Presence Over Hustle with Daisy Fuentes
90210MG
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Slow mornings. Real presence. A trailblazer who’s done chasing and finally choosing herself. Jennie sits down with Daisy Fuentes, the television host, model and entrepreneur who made history as MTV’s first Latina VJ, for a refreshing, grounding conversation about redefining success, stepping off the hustle hamster wheel and giving yourself permission to live at your own pace.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.5 | You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Girl. |
| 0:12.6 | Hi, friends. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome back to I Choose Me. |
| 0:15.8 | This podcast is all about the choices we make and how they truly shape our lives. Today, I am welcoming |
| 0:23.9 | a trailblazer. Someone who didn't just join the entertainment world. She changed it. We are talking |
| 0:31.8 | about the iconic Daisy Fuentes. Daisy didn't just find a seat at the table. She built an entirely new wing. |
| 0:40.8 | She became MTV's first Latina VJ and the first Latina to ever land a global Revlon contract. |
| 0:48.9 | That is historic right there, you guys. Daisy has spent her entire career choosing boldness and self-belief, |
| 0:57.3 | using her visibility not just for success, but for service as well. Now here's what I love. |
| 1:03.5 | In her latest chapter, Ms. Fuentes is choosing health over hustle and presence over pressure. |
| 1:12.0 | She's simplified her life. |
| 1:14.1 | She's embraced a beautiful vegan lifestyle with her husband, the renowned Richard Marx, |
| 1:20.1 | and is finding pure joy in cooking, learning, and soaking up as many sunsets as possible. |
| 1:26.2 | It is my immense joy to welcome Daisy Fuentes. |
| 1:30.4 | Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, what long and glorious career you have forged for yourself. |
| 1:36.9 | Oh, who knew? You must have. I really didn't. I really didn't know. I was not one of those people who kind of had the vision of what I wanted to do. I always envied those kids in school who knew from a very young age, oh, I'm going to be a teacher. I'm going to be a doctor. I'm going to be a lawyer. Me too. And I never knew what I wanted to do. I never knew what I was good at. And I never knew what I was good at. And I never knew what I wanted to do. Yeah. I never knew what I was good at. |
| 2:03.8 | And I really think that my career truly came to me from pure manifestation. |
| 2:12.4 | Really? |
| 2:13.1 | I really think so. |
| 2:14.3 | At what point were you like, this is what I want to do? |
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