14 DAY TRIAL // Bria Murphy, comedian Eddie Murphy’s 23-year-old model daughter, recently sat down for an interview with Good Morning America, blowing the lid off on one of the unhealthiest practices in the modeling industry and the immense pressure to always look “perfect.”
It’s not uncommon for models to speak out on the ugly side of the modeling industry but, as it happens, few have the courage (for lack of a better term) to go into the details.
Speaking of the pressure to stay thin and, implicitly, in demand, Bria reveals that some girls even pick up the habit of swallowing cotton balls dipped in orange juice just so they no longer feel hunger pangs.
“Lots of girls get addicted to drugs and anorexia, there’s a whole list of things, because it’s a lot of pressure to be perfect,” she says in her GMA interview, a segment of which is embedded in the video below.
She says she’s not immune to this kind of pressure but she’s lucky enough to be naturally thin.
“I’m a small girl naturally, but I can gain weight. And I’m going through little hormonal changes and my body’s changing and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’m gaining weight this week, I’m losing weight next week’,” Bria says.
“I’ve heard of girls eating cotton balls dipped in orange juice to help them feel full, because the cotton’s not doing anything. It’s just dissolving. And it makes you think you’re full, but you’re not,” she says.
She, for one, is decided not to risk her health and just put in the extra effort to stay in shape. Bria dreams of one day becoming a Victoria’s Secret Angel and, to get there, she also has a very important tip to share: never take anything personally.
“It’s your job to go into a room… and some people will just say no without an explanation, and some will be like, ‘Oh, your nose is too big. Your [backside]’s too big. Oh, your legs are flabby.’ Like, they’ll just go on you, ‘Oh, you need to tighten that up’. But it’s their job,” she says.
