On November 5, Brooks Nader sat down with Bustle and opened up about cosmetic surgery, physique picture, and the realities of working within the modeling trade.
The Sports activities Illustrated mannequin didn’t maintain again when discussing her beauty procedures. She admitted to getting a nostril job — joking, “Folks say I appear like Michael Jackson,” — in addition to veneers by superstar dentist Dr. Michael Apa.
She’s additionally tried her share of injectables, from salmon sperm facials to the “Nefertiti” Botox neck raise. “Each Christmas, you possibly can catch me trying like Freddy Krueger,” she quipped.
Nevertheless, Nader additionally addressed a deeper problem, the extreme strain to keep up a sure physique picture within the modeling trade.
“If I didn’t get a job, I might say to [my old agency], ‘Can we get suggestions from the shopper?’ The direct suggestions was I wanted to lose 30 kilos,” she recalled. “I didn’t shed one tear over it. I don’t really feel unhealthy for myself. I simply stated, ‘The details are they need me to drop extra pounds. How can I obtain that?’”
Nader went on to disclose that her profession modified dramatically after she started taking GLP-1 treatment for weight reduction.
“The details are that after I began GLP-1, my profession took off,” she stated. “I’m not saying it’s OK. I’m not saying it’s proper. I feel all people is completely different — however I misplaced 30 kilos, and I booked all the roles.”
She additionally shared how many individuals have reached out since she first spoke publicly about utilizing GLP-1.
“I had so many individuals message me saying, ‘I’m additionally hooked on GLP-1. I’m ashamed to speak about it as a result of there’s such a stigma round it. It’s a crutch for me,’” Nader defined. “I’m nonetheless on it. It’s a crutch for me, too. It’s not wholesome. I ought to get off it; I’ll be trustworthy about that.”
The 28-year-old started pursuing modeling critically in 2017, when she left a full-ride scholarship at Tulane College in New Orleans and moved to New York Metropolis.
Whereas the early years had been gradual — touchdown small hand-modeling gigs — all the things modified after she attended a 2019 Sports activities Illustrated Swimsuit open casting name. Out of greater than 10,000 candidates, Nader was chosen and shortly rose to fame, ultimately gracing the journal’s cowl.
Right now, she’s represented by the identical powerhouse IMG government who manages Gigi and Bella Hadid.
