Kimora Lee Simmons and Aoki Lee Simmons Amy Sussman/Getty Photographs
Kimora Lee Simmons’ daughter Aoki Lee Simmons is contemplating giving up her modeling profession.
“You go someplace and get advised over and again and again, ‘No, no, you’re not fairly sufficient,’” Aoki, 22, stated throughout a current Instagram reside video, screen-recorded by account LiveBitez. “I believe I’m most likely wrapping up modeling quickly.”
She added, “I’m, like, getting a job in my diploma subject, however , whereas I’m nonetheless right here, I ought to do my greatest. … I hope it doesn’t sound whiny.”
In keeping with Aoki, she felt disheartened by going to castings that her mom “at all times acquired” whereas she ended up rejected.
“It simply seems like one huge, fats comparability on a regular basis,” she stated. “I get that my mother is at all times going to be a means higher mannequin than me, but it surely’s annoying to have that comparability typically. Individuals are like, ‘It’d be so nice to go to a casting that your mother did.’ And I’m like, [nodding], ‘No, it’s not. It’s terrible as a result of then if you don’t get it, it feels much more, like, [upsetting].’”
She concluded, “However, whereas I’m right here, I’m gonna do my greatest!”
Ought to Aoki depart modeling behind, she has a backup plan to work in authorities. (Aoki graduated from Harvard College in 2023.)
Aoki is among the daughters of Kimora, 49, and ex-husband Russell Simmons, who additionally share 24-year-old daughter Ming. (Kimora, moreover, shares son Kenzo, 14, with ex Djimon Hounsou and son Wolfe, 8, with ex Tim Leissner. She additionally adopted son Gary when he was 10 in 2020.)
From the runway to the playroom, many well-known supermodels have discovered to stability their careers with elevating little ones at residence. Gigi Hadid turned a mother in September 2020 when she and then-partner Zayn Malik welcomed their daughter, Khai. (Hadid and Malik dated on and off starting in 2015 earlier than they break up for good in […]
Aoki beforehand advised Us Weekly what it was like following in her mom’s trendy footsteps.
“My mother was actually attempting to educate me whereas I walked down the runway throughout [my first] Sergio Hudson present,” Aoki solely advised Us in April. “I walked by and she or he yelled, ‘SHOULDERS!’ Since I began my profession, my mother has given me quite a lot of useful recommendation, however I additionally recognize the quantity of house she has given me to make my very own means. She’s permitting me to determine it out.”
She continued on the time, “I’m excited for the chance to work as a full-time mannequin. I wish to be always surrounded by so many inventive individuals, and to have the chance to collaborate on this degree is just not one thing I take without any consideration. There may be a lot to be taught on this enterprise, so I’m staying versatile and having fun with the shock of what comes.”