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When people think of the glamorous life of a mannequin, they generally think of extravagant trips in exotic places, fancy cars and worshipers. But for 29 years Stéphanie Rosa , when she is Live this life now , it was not always like that. In fact, at one point, she didn't even have a house.

Rosa grew up in subsidized housing in the grainy streets of the Bronx to a Hispanic family, who included a mother who suffered from mental illness and a father who worked as a concierge to join both ends. Rosa and her four brothers and sisters fought with a chaotic and volatile family environment, but she always had a place to throw her head at night.

"I don't blame my parents. They didn't know how to be financially stable. They did their best," said Rosa.

But how did she finally end up with homeless? And from there, transform your life to become a more winning six -digit model? Keep reading to find out.

Rosa's mother had enrolled him in a modeling agency at the age of three, and she tells Better life that she was always the most at home when she was in front of a goal. She idolized Tyra Banks . AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

It was until she obtained her secondary school diploma and found herself in a community college in the Bronx New York district. Rosa decided to continue psychology, in part because her mother's difficulties inspired her to help others that have dealt with mental health problems.

Rosa was not unrelated to these feelings of depression and despair, and she even removed her frustrations on her own body, cutting herself in adolescence. She also suffered from a food disorder but treated it alone without access to health care or adequate insurance.

"Because of what I experienced, I had this motivation to help others. I always wanted to help people," she explains.

While Rosa continued her diploma in psychology, her parents decided to move to New Jersey. She moved with her boyfriend from the school, Remi, and quickly learned that she was pregnant. It was then that his life has radically changed. At 21, she gave birth to a girl named Penelope.

Remi supported Stéphanie but did not have the financial means to support their daughter and daughter. Unemployment and aimless in life, the worst nightmare of Rosa has materialized - she found herself homeless and in the streets of New York.

Now, struggling with a baby, Rosa has tried to enter the local woman's refuge in the nearby Queens district and has been repressed several times.

"I would change the layer of my baby wherever I could, including in the metro," she said. "I remember that she had a dirty layer and a rash once, and I panicked because the train was too crowded, and I couldn't change it. This is not the way I wanted 'She lives. "

At that time, the new mother had also abandoned school. It has rebounded in local hotels provided by social services while waiting for a room to be sheltered. "I was pushing my daughter to New York in a stroller, going through homeless on every street corner thinking that it will be me," she deplores.

Rosa finally received a word two months later that she would be admitted to the refuge. There, they provided a place to live but nothing else. Due to the help of a social worker, she moved to the Lincoln hotel with her daughter, where she stayed for the next eight months. She says she was grateful and ecstatic for this room which was "the size of a closet". It was at home - for now.

He also provided a full -time daycare for Penelope and allowed Rosa to obtain a caterer job. "I remember that the social worker said that nobody could save you; this is where people flow or swim. I knew that I had to support my daughter. I had to swim."

Unfortunately, the statistics for someone like Rosa are dark. A 2020 report by the Committee of citizens for New York children have found that, among the heads of families with refuge in the DHC shelters, 95% are black or Hispanic and 69% are single mothers. But the young mother was determined not to become a statistic.

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With the help of the refuge, Rosa could return to school and attend a program where she could continue her studies in Counseling, as she hoped. But, thanks to an internship where she advised and helped people suffering from drug addiction, she quickly realized that "dream work" would not provide the pay check she needed to support her daughter, so she is gone.

She changed speed and took art and photography lessons while dreaming of a job that allowed her the life she always hoped for for her family. "People would always say that you are so beautiful, you should really be a model, and I thought, ok, the restoration will not cut it. This is not what I want to do with my life."

Thus, about five years ago, she tried her luck and signed up for a modeling agency in New York which accepted "medium -sized girls". At a size 12/14, Rosa was not the typical stature of the model but knew that there was a market for curved girls. In a few weeks, she reserved jobs. "I was reserved for the Lingerie brand Adorem, and one of their ordinary daughters stopped presenting themselves. So they gave me his job."

At that time, Rosa was in progress. Knowing that she beat the chances, not only personally but also professionally, she remained focused on the laser on one thing - for her little girl.

In 2020, Rosa and Remi were married, and they raise Penelope, whom they call Penny, now eight years, in New York. Rosa even involved Penny in her lucrative career; The mother-daughter duo shaped in the Mother's Day of Mother's Day earlier this year.

"I cherish the opportunity to be present for my child and to give him the love and the support she deserves. It brings me an immense pleasure to see her satisfied needs and to see her grow and flourish" , explains the model.

Now, Rosa lives life that many dream of, making six characters by doing what she likes and praising customers like Vogue, Sports Illustrated and Abercrombie. While it continues to inspire others, especially on Instagram , where she has nearly 100,000 subscribers, she also wrote two books, The model's game book And The modeling guide for each body Thus, other girls who do not correspond to the typical model mold may seem to do so too. She also launched a bikini line for winding girls who celebrate diversity called Chromajoy.

Rosa has a good relationship with her parents, who have since left the three states area. She even helps to support them with the income she earns in her successful career.

It turns out that she realized this dream of helping others while paying the bills, then some. "Whatever happens, just continue. There were times when I felt like" I should just kill myself. I could just kill myself! "But then I would remember my daughter, and I have never abandoned."