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| Home / College Guide / Sports Illustrated Model Molly Sims on Leaving a Job with Dignity |
| Posted on Wednesday, April 24 @ 00:00:04 PDT |
Kentucky-born model Molly Sims never met a biscuit she didn’t like. Her southern charm brought her to college at Vanderbilt University, where she made the boldest move of her career: quitting her pre-law studies to become a full time model. Molly was in her early 20s, alone, and homesick halfway across the world. But with placements on the cover of Sports Illustrated, French Vogue and more, it’s safe to say she made a name for herself.
In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Molly shares:
Why southern sorority culture wasn’t for her
How her mother encouraged her to think beyond the US for her career + life experience
What she’d want her daughter to consider before modeling
The secret to building resilience and the “thick skin” that helped her survive the industry
How confronting her mental health challenges helped her be OK with work curveballs
On Coping with Loneliness Abroad
Molly: There were hours on the phone with my mother and my dad and like: I cant do this. Ive got to come home. Im so lonely. I want to go back to school. And then she would just say, okay, just give it a few more days. I think not having an outcome was really good for me. And thats where she really helped me be okay with where I was.
On Advice to Younger Listeners of the Show
Molly: If anybodys listening to this podcast and theyre younger: take chances, say yes, because you never know where yes is going or where it will lead you. Then youll learn to say no in certain ways of not being taken advantage of or owning your own. Dig deep, work really hard, and dont always go in with the outcome. Try to go through the ebbs and flows and up the mountain and down the mountain because thats where your lessons are learned.
On Confronting the Criticism of her Industry
Molly: When everything became about how I looked, it really played heavy on me. Because you can be thin as a size 8 or a size 10, but I needed to be a size zero. And even though I hated my height up until high school, it was hard at that moment. But I didnt really think about, “Oh my God, Im 10 pounds overweight or Im 25 pounds overweight.” It just became very obvious when they would tell me: youre too fat. Youre never gonna work. It was so jarring to who I was that it just almost put me under. I didnt know my nose was crooked until finally I asked the photographer. He would say, “Go a little bit to the left or go a little bit to the right.” And I would finally, I asked, “Is everything okay? Like, should I not be looking kind of like straight down the middle?” And he goes, “No, dont ever look straight down the middle.
Your nose is crooked. Just go to the left or go a little bit to the right.” And I never realized in 21 years.
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