Supermodel Geena Rocero on Living Your Truth
Next Question with Katie Couric
Katie Couric Media
4.4 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Geena Rocero is known as a storyteller, a supermodel, and an activist, who decided after nearly a decade in the public eye that she could no longer live under the burden of her greatest secrets. So she revealed them all.
In her new memoir, Horse Barbie, Geena recounts her journey from extremely humble beginnings in the Philippines to headlining fashion runways all over the world - all while hiding her truth. She reveals to Katie the years-long terror she felt of being outed as a transwoman, and the fear that her career as a supermodel would be crushed if anyone were to find out.
Geena discusses why support from the matriarchs in her life - from the mother who raised her to the drag mother who helped her flourish - are the reason she can now be a light for others, through her activism and community outreach work. In this thought-provoking conversation, Geena illustrates why coming out about who you are can often be the only way to live a life that matters.
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| 0:40.2 | Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fanmail account when she discovered a terrible secret. |
| 0:45.7 | I saw a hidden folder, and I opened it. |
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| 1:00.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Katie Curric, and this is next question. |
| 1:09.4 | When Gina Rosera walked into our podcast studio, I have to be honest, I was stunned by her beauty. |
| 1:15.2 | She was wearing a gray cashmere sweater, black jeans, with a simple silver necklace. |
| 1:20.6 | And she had a regal almost other worldly quality. |
| 1:24.6 | She also had a very unpretentious easiness about her. |
| 1:28.8 | But behind all of this is a pretty extraordinary life story, which she writes about in her new memoir called Horse Barbie. |
| 1:36.8 | America still needs to see more stories about what it truly means to be trans, and not just one type of representation. |
| 1:43.8 | You know, for eight years passing as a cis model, to knowing that we need to tell more varied stories. |
| 1:53.2 | Because I think that's when we really fully show the humanity of it. |
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