Coco Rocha Discusses Being “Too Big” For A Modelling Job

Along with fellow guest model Carré Otis, Rocha spoke about being turned down for a job last year for being “too big”. She told Cooper that in a modelling career you can never please everyone; being too big for some and too small for others is a model’s reality.

Canadian fashion model Coco Rocha has been causing a stir in the modelling industry of late campaigning for improvements in model safety.

Earlier in the week we saw a snap shot of the humanitarian model getting passionate during a talk about eating disorders & the need for workplace protections for models, and now we’ve just found this little clip of her appearing as a guest on Anderson Cooper’s  daytime show.

Along with fellow guest model Carré Otis, Rocha spoke about being turned down for a modelling job last year for being “too big”. She told Cooper that in a modelling career you can never please everyone; being too big for some and too small for others is a model’s reality.

The models also discussed being thrown into the harsh realities of modelling too young. Rocha was scouted at 14 and left her parents’ house to live in a New York model house at just 16.

We at Models Direct want to know your thoughts. Is the modelling industry accountable for the health and body image of both young models and the impressionable youths looking at them, and if so, what do you think can be done?