Being in a larger body, I often got paid a lot less than other models.

Why? Discrimination. What? There is times when I've gotten to set, not knowing how much I was going to earn, hoping, like I get the check. There is no protection and no union. I had to have my phone on 24-7. Weekends did not exist. I could not leave New York. Just in case I got a call for a job. I basically owed the agency money. So now you're trapped until you've paid back what they've invested in you.

But there's no guarantee you'll work.

So it was just scary.

What's up, Rich friends?

Welcome back to another episode of Net Worth and Chill with me, your host, Vivian 2, aka Your Rich BFF, and your favorite Wall Street girlie. And today we're going to be talking about insecurity, confidence, and how it affects our pockets. Growing up as a young Asian girl in the early 2000s, there was pretty minimal

representation, if any, of girls who looked like me anywhere I went or anything that I watched.

From models to actresses to singers, there were very few. Shout out Brenda's song, though.

She held it down for the Asian girlies. But frankly, I wasn't

seeing a lot of representation or inclusivity when it came to the media. And this overall lack of

inclusivity wasn't just limited to race. We hardly saw any people who had disabilities. We

hardly saw people who hadn't aged out of that youthful category.

But one of the least representative categories at the time was body size.

And back in the day, if you were not stick thin, you wouldn't be seen in the media.

But fortunately, while we still have a long way to go, we are also seeing a lot more body diversity now in magazines, in fashion, and across all of our number of screens.

Today's guest was one of the first mid-sized trailblazers.

I personally saw break this mold when it came to body diversity in the modeling industry.

She is known worldwide.

She, from modeling to becoming a mom to creating salt hair, a body care brand with a cult following, myself included.

Everyone, please welcome Iskra Lawrence.

Oh my goodness. I feel like that was just a wonderful introduction. A really holistic way to talk about what I believe in and my mission. So I'm really excited to dive in today with you. I've been dying to get on your podcast. I mean, I've been dying to see you again. It's been a minute since we've been together. We're busy girls. We are very, very busy girls. And obviously, you know that you are super special to me. But since we are going to talk about newness, new things, we have to talk about the elephant in the room.

And by elephant, I mean, small child.

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