“Love is in the meadow” is making a comeback for a new season this Monday August 22, 2022, still with Karine Le Marchand at the helm. But before becoming the presenter that everyone knows, the host was also a model. And she doesn’t just keep good memories of those years…
The objective of Karine Le Marchand hasn’t always been about making a career out of television. When she moved to Paris in 1986, her dream was to become a singing star. But it was ultimately as a model that she started in the world of show business. At the time, her boyfriend dreamed of doing modeling career, but it was she who caught the eye of the head of the agency. Good news for Karine Le Marchand, who is starting to run shootings, castings and parades: “I had to work anyway, I didn’t see myself studying,” she told AFP. Release on this subject.
Video. “I find it vulgar”: Karine Le Marchand confides in the criticisms she may receive
Modeling, a difficult period
In the columns of the national daily, she confides that she did not last long in this universe: “It swelled me up”, she says, especially since the constraints imposed on people who evolve in the world of fashion are numerous. . “When I started, I was told I had too many hips,” she told Gala in 2021. I started doing sports, I hardly ate anymore.
A drastic and dangerous diet, which could have had serious consequences on his health: “I went below 50 kilos for 1m77.” But Karine Le Marchand affirms it, she is like that: “In life, I am all or nothing. For everything. And in hyper control.” At Liberation, she confided that she had been on the verge of anorexia-bulimia : “Nothing pathological”, she assures, but a desire to keep control.
A perverse universe full of filthy old people
The obsession with weight is not the only thing that pushed Karine Le Marchand to move away from the modeling world. In an interview granted to Brut, she swayed without language of wood the sexism of this universe. “I hated it because first of all I have character and telling myself ‘you’re the object woman’, it was complicated for me to manage. When we paraded, we had to sulk and I laughed all the time.” She also mentioned the rivalry between models, often encouraged by the big names in the fashion world: “It’s not my mentality at all. There were stories! They tripped up, they spilled varnish on the wedding dress because they were upset that they weren’t wearing it. I was completely hallucinating.”
Video. Karine Le Marchand’s minute
Especially since the world of modeling is also known for its many cases of sexual and sexist harassment. At Gala, she had confided: “The only thing I remember is that there were at the time, fine parties organized by disgusting old people, it was unhealthy, but consented.” Today, the host has absolutely no regrets about having changed careers to escape this toxic environment. She had summarized it very well in the columns of Liberation: “I have made a good life, I love my job and I live well. I am independent, my circle of friends is faithful. I have the impression of having accomplished things on time.”
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