Top Model Coco Rocha on the Body Image, Pressure of Industry and How She is Dealing with Hate

For over two decades, Coco Rocha has defied fashion industry expectations, balancing her supermodel career with motherhood while working with top brands like Chanel and Vogue. Despite facing setbacks, including contract losses due to pregnancy and backlash over her TikTok presence, she became a key advocate for labor laws protecting underage models. As an entrepreneur, she founded the Coco Rocha Model Camp and co-owns Nomad Management, where she mentors and shapes the next generation of talent.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Teaser

00:42 – How she manages it all: the real support behind Coco

03:00 – The reality of working with her husband

06:15 – How to stay relevant for 20+ years in fashion 08:02 – People gravitate toward how you work, not how you look

08:26 – Will AI models replace humans?

09:10 – The skills AI can't replicate — how human models stay irreplaceable

10:47 – Models should learn from content creators 11:54 – 'There’s no traditional path anymore' — why aspiring models need to throw out the rulebook

13:21 – The backlash from the fashion industry over her TikToks

15:18 – The confession: "I’m actually a stay-at-home mom most of the time"

18:00 – "If you see me on an airplane, I’m crying"

19:33 – Why she chose to have 3 kids while still modeling

21:35 – She lost contracts because she got pregnant — the industry's brutal response to motherhood

22:23 – The law she helped pass that changed fashion forever

23:00 – The unexpected backlash that followed

24:08 – How she deals with hate and negativity

26:20 – The power of not responding right away

27:28 – Coco’s beauty & travel survival tips

29:25 – The craziest thing that happened to her on set 30:42 – What she’d tell her 15-year-old self

32:05 – 'Here’s where I see myself in 5 years'