Behind Her Empire

From Supermodel to CEO: Miranda Kerr’s Untold Story of Risk, Resilience, Reinvention and Legacy

Apr 28, 2025

55:30

Miranda Kerr is a globally recognized model and the founder & CEO of KORA Organics, a skincare brand known for its commitment to clean, certified organic products.

For Miranda, the journey to founding KORA Organics wasn’t just about beauty — it was about healing. After her mother’s cancer diagnosis, she began questioning everything she put in and on her body, eventually realizing there was a gap in the market for truly clean, certified organic skincare that actually worked. Fueled by a personal mission and a vision for something better, she launched KORA Organics in 2009. Today, it’s a global brand available in over 30 countries, but Miranda’s approach remains deeply personal: leading with intention, staying hands-on with every product, and reminding people that real beauty begins with how we care for ourselves from the inside out.

In this episode, Miranda shares the pivotal experiences that shaped her — from growing up in a wellness-focused family to how personal loss at a young age taught her resilience, gratitude, and emotional strength. She reflects on lessons from her early modeling career — handling rejection, building confidence, and trusting her inner voice — and how those experiences prepared her for entrepreneurship. Miranda takes us behind the scenes of launching KORA in the U.S., navigating a highly competitive market, and balancing the emotional highs and lows of building a global brand while raising a family. She also shares how mindfulness, presence, and self-care have been foundational to her success — and why prioritizing inner wellbeing remains at the core of her life and business, and so much more.

In this episode, we’ll talk to Miranda about:

* Miranda’s family approach to wellness. [02:55]

* Her mother’s cancer diagnosis. [04:56]

* Losing her boyfriend young & shifting her life perspective. [10:45]

* The importance of expressing love and gratitude daily. [14:06]

* Miranda’s early modeling career and how it shaped her. [17:18]

* Navigating impostor syndrome & building confidence. [20:21]

* Lessons in resilience and learning to handle rejection. [23:24]

* Miranda’s skincare learnings from her modeling career. [27:19]

* Myths around certified organic products. [31:05]

* The passion and purpose behind building KORA Organics. [32:19]

* Launching KORA in the U.S. [36:10]