We are always searching for women that are strong, brilliant, and inspire us. Since September was all about fashion week we tried to think of someone that would be a good example of Women at Work in the fashion industry. And what better person to choose than Coco Rocha? She is a model, business woman and an advocate for women and future young models.
Coco Rocha began her career as a dancer and model in the early 2000′s. She has been covered in magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, and many more. She also worked with designers like Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Lanvin, etc. Rocha kept herself busy working in numerous television shows like MTV Music Movie Awards, The Face and America’s Next Top Model.
She has written several articles and has won awards for her charity work. She wrote the foreword to Canadian fashion reporter Jeanne Beker’s book Struttin It!, about the modeling profession. As well as writing for Seventeen Magazine on the topic of girls’ body image and self esteem. But most importantly Rocha is one of the few models who has spoken out against the prevalence of eating disorders in the modeling industry. She created a blog in which she wrote an open letter to the New York Times about the aesthetics that reduces a women or child to an emaciated skeleton. She has even spoken up about the fashion industry and how they would advise her to loose more weight to look as though she was anorexic, since that was the new look for the year. Her awards vary from Model of the Year from Marie Claire’s Prix d’Excellence and Elle Style award. She also received an award from Seventeen Body Peace award by Seventeen Magazine.
She created The Model Alliance that protects models from being exploited by working longer hours, earning insurance coverage and so much more. Coco Rocha worked with Senhoa, an organization helping survivors of human trafficking by creating a capsule collection and giving all the proceeds to the program.
As you can see Coco Rocha is more than just a pretty face. She is a woman that stands up for what she believes in and strives to empower women everywhere. She fights for young girls that are exploited whether in fashion or in a war - torn country. Coco Rocha is someone to look up to and admire for her hard work and dedication. She is a great advocate for women and we want to applaud her strength and courage.
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