About this episode

Victoria Pousada Kreindler discusses her groundbreaking role as a petite-plus model and the challenges of the modeling industry.

On this episode of On the Rocks, we take it to the runway with actor/model/creative director Victoria Pousada Kreindler, making history as the first Hispanic petite-plus model to appear in London Fashion Week and in top global magazine titles including ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, and Marie Claire. We talk about the ups and downs of getting into the modeling business, body positivity, the power of perseverance, her role as a queer person, the media's pressure on celebrity weight, challenging the norms of fashion and modeling, dating, her multicultural family background, and more! With co-host model and musician Steven Dehler, and your sassy host with the sassy most, Alexander Rodriguez. Raise a glass, it's On the Rocks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Steven Dehler, Alexander Rodriguez

Guest: Victoria Pousada Kreindler

Topics covered

• body positivity
• modeling
• fashion
• perseverance
• queer identity
• celebrity culture

Keywords

• body positivity
• modeling
• London Fashion Week
• queer identity
• celebrity weight
• fashion norms
• multicultural family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Marie Claire

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