Kate Upton, model and founder, Strong4Me: “You are your only advocate.”

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

You probably know Kate Upton as a model and actress. She’s also a mother and businesswoman. Kate started working when she was 15, and achieved her success by putting in 16-hour workdays and challenging industry conventions. In this episode, Kate tells us how she learned to ignore her critics (16:20), what she wrote in a letter to Anna Wintour (18:13), and why she came forward with her own experiences with harassment on set (20:25). Note: This episode contains details about sexual harassment that may be triggering for some listeners.

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0:00.0	an individual sports or jobs you have to represent yourself. You are your only advocate.
0:07.0	I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:11.0	Welcome to Skim from the couch.
0:12.0	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the Couch.
0:12.6	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice
0:15.0	from women who have lived it.
0:16.2	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.
0:18.9	To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary
0:21.8	and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:24.0	We started the skim from the couch is Kate Upton.
0:37.0	Listeners may know her as a model and as an actress but she's recently
0:43.8	added some new titles to her resume, business founder, and mom.
0:48.0	Congratulations. Kate has launched strong for me a 12-week fitness program specifically designed for women
0:54.1	on the go to feel their best. She became a household name after making her
0:58.4	debut in Sports Illustrated but quickly challenged industry conventions and ascended through the fashion world with
1:04.7	her honesty, drive and confidence. Kate, we're excited to have you with us today. Welcome to
1:09.7	Skim from the couch. I'm so excited to be here. Okay so we're going to jump in.
1:14.3	Skam your resume for us. It's been a crazy awesome journey. I started modeling
1:20.0	when I was 15. I'm like a real adventure at heart and convinced my parents to let me
1:26.2	travel the world at 15 and we're going to get into that.
1:30.8	Yeah, how did you do that?
1:32.1	I couldn't convince them to let me stay out to 11.
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