Being a nepo baby isn’t all that, according to Aoki Lee Simmonswho is abandoning her modeling career specifically because she says everyone in the industry wants her to be their mother, Kimora Lee Simmons.
The 22-year-old explained her disappointment in a video where she revealed that she is constantly told she isn’t pretty enough to succeed as a model – and, if that wasn’t disheartening enough, she is constantly rated over Kimora.
Aoki says: “My mother will always be a much better model than me, sometimes it’s annoying to have that comparison.”
She says that modeling is a very difficult industry, and although she is planning to “finish strong” – as Kimora always told her to do – Aoki is already looking beyond modeling in hopes of getting a government job.
Spare her the stupid model jokes… Aoki has a political science degree from Harvard and plans to take the foreign service test to work in international relations.
As for how she will end her modeling career…she doesn’t say, except to reveal that she won’t be in this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Aoki says he auditioned for the VS show but didn’t make it.
Kimora and Russell Simmons‘daughter made headlines earlier this year when she briefly dated a 65-year-old restaurant owner Vittorio Assaf. Kimora was NOT a fan of the relationship, which ended soon after.
Let’s move on to the next one… a good way to sum up Aoki’s 2024.