Suki Waterhouse says she was exploited by modelling agency when she first started out
‘Sucks to your soul’: Suki Waterhouse says she was exploited by a modeling agency when she started and she’d ‘spend the summer trying to get skinny’ to please them
She became famous modeling lingerie for Marks & Spencer, but now Suki Waterhouse has opened up about the painful years in which she was exploited by an unnamed modeling agency.
“When you’re a model, you’re trained and brainwashed to be dumb and there’s just a billion people touching you and creating for their vision.
“It kind of sucks at your soul,” Suki admits.
“Those early years were like walking around London in giant heels because I wasn’t very tall and spending the summer trying to change my body and get really skinny so they would be happy with me,” says Suki of the modeling agency. that she was signed.
The Daisy Jones & The Six star adds: “If they paid me a couple of hundred pounds a show, they’d arrange for me to get an envelope with some money at the end.”
Speaking: She made a name for herself modeling lingerie for M&S, but now Suki Waterhouse has opened up about the painful years in which she was exploited by an unnamed modeling agency
Hard: “Those early years were like walking around London in huge heels because I wasn’t very tall and spending the summer trying to get really skinny,” she says (pictured in 2012)
“They would say get on the bus and go back to the agency and give us the cash, and then you would never see the money again, it would go to expenses.”
Suki began her modeling career after being discovered at ‘Topshop or H&M’ in London when she was 16 years old.
When she was 19 years old, she became a lingerie model for Marks and Spencer. She got her start in acting in 2014 when she played Bethany Williams in the romantic comedy Love, Rosie.
The actress has been promoting her upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six with fellow cast members including Riley Keough and Camila Morrone.
The British star plays the character of keyboardist Karen Sirko in the highly anticipated show, which will premiere on the streaming site on Friday, March 3.
According to a synopsis from IMDBthe premise of the series follows, “the rise of rock band Daisy Jones and The Six through the Los Angeles music scene of the ’70s in their quest for global icon status.”
Along with Suki, the star-studded cast also includes Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Will Harrison, Nabiyah Be, Josh Whitehouse and also Will Harrison.
During an interview with Well-informed person, Waterhouse opened up about playing her character, Karen, which she had been officially cast as in February 2020.
TV: The actress has been promoting her upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six with other cast members including Riley Keough and Camila Morrone.
The actress, who released her debut studio album last year in May titled I Can’t Let Go, spoke about fulfilling her passion for acting and music.
“I really wanted that project, and maybe subconsciously it had something to do with my own desire to make a record,” he explained.
The beauty further expressed her desire to tackle the role adding, “I’ve always desperately wanted to have the life of a musician and I was very drawn to the project because of that.” So my life merged with these two things, where I made my record while preparing for Daisy Jones.