{"id":1251,"date":"2026-05-30T00:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/kamil-kostek-vspominaet-kak-otsutstvie-vesov-v-eyo-dome-povliyalo-na-eyo-modelnuyu-kareru-eksklyuziv\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T10:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:34:44","slug":"kamil-kostek-recalls-how-the-lack-of-scales-in-her-home-affected-her-modeling-career-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/kamil-kostek-vspominaet-kak-otsutstvie-vesov-v-eyo-dome-povliyalo-na-eyo-modelnuyu-kareru-eksklyuziv\/","title":{"rendered":"Camille Kostek recalls how the lack of a scale in her home affected her modeling career (exclusive)."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>NEED TO KNOW <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p> Camille Kostek opens up about the pressure she faced early in her modeling career in the first episode of PEOPLE&#039;s new series. <em>\u00abWAG World\u00bb<\/em> , which will be released on Thursday, May 28. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> Nine-time magazine star <em>Sports Illustrated Swimsuit<\/em> She shared how living \u00abwithout scales\u00bb influenced her worldview. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p> Now she prides herself on being an example to others, showing them how to accept themselves for who they really are, despite societal expectations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Kamil Kostek remains true to herself.<\/p>\n<p> The 34-year-old star is a nine-time participant in <em>Sports Illustrated Swimsuit competition<\/em> spoke frankly in the new PEOPLE series &quot;\u00ab <em>WAG World\u00bb<\/em> about the years of industry pressure she faced while trying to lose weight early in her career as a rising modeling star. <\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;I almost gave up on modeling,&quot; Kostek tells host Skyler Caruso in the first episode of the series, which features partners of famous athletes discussing their lives, careers, and what it&#039;s like to build relationships both on and off the court. <\/p>\n<p> SI Swimsuit 2026: Botswana&#039;s Camilla Kostek. Photo: Ruven Afanador<\/p>\n<p> The model, who is in a long-term relationship with NFL legend Rob Gronkowski, has been named the winner of the competition. <em>SI Swimsuit<\/em> Model Search 2018 and received the coveted spot on the cover <em>SI Swimsuit<\/em> 2019 in her debut year, taking part in a photo shoot on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;At 27, when I was on the cover, I was constantly told &#039;no,&#039; &#039;you need to lose weight,&#039; &#039;you need to reduce the size of your thighs, your butt, your biceps,&#039;&quot; she says\u2014criticism she found difficult to understand because of her upbringing. <\/p>\n<p> Kostek, the daughter of Christina and Alan Kostek, recalls growing up in a positive environment that encouraged self-love and body positivity. <\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;My mom was always very lenient. I grew up in a house without scales,&quot; she shares, noting that the &quot;comparison game&quot; hadn&#039;t yet begun when she was in high school because social media, with its bottomless content, wasn&#039;t as prevalent back then as it is today. <\/p>\n<p> Camille Kostek visited the WAG World set to film the debut episode of the new digital series PEOPLE, hosted by Skyler Caruso. Photo: Astrid Staviarz<\/p>\n<p> The first rejections at modeling shoots related to her appearance made her internally ask herself: \u00abBut why is this not enough?\u00bb - until the opportunity to work with <em>SI Swimsuit<\/em> did not give her self-confidence by allowing her to accept herself as she is, without adapting to the desires of others.<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;For me <em>SI Swim<\/em> &quot;It&#039;s a validation that you&#039;re good enough,&quot; she says. &quot;I didn&#039;t realize the impact it would have\u2026 that my appearance on the cover, just the way I was\u2014without over-preparing, training, or under-eating\u2014would help other people reach their potential.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> \u00abI remember being particularly attracted to the magazine <em>SI Swimsuit,<\/em> &quot;Because it allowed me to see something in myself at such a young age,&quot; Kostek continues. &quot;I remember starting to embrace my hips and curves at 15 thanks to the women I saw in that magazine.&quot;. <\/p>\n<p> Now Kostek is proud to be herself, regardless of her nature, to show this to the next generation of girls who look up to her. <\/p>\n<p> Camille Kostek performs as a New England Patriots cheerleader at the 2015 Super Bowl. Photo: Ronald Martinez\/Getty<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;It was the most rewarding experience,&quot; she says. &quot;On the surface, I&#039;m just a bikini model... but it also allowed me to embrace myself as a woman.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> This year, the prototype appeared in the issue for the ninth time. <em>SI Swimsuit<\/em> . Now, as she says in <em>WAG World<\/em> , she pays more attention to psychological preparation than physical, as it was in her youth. <\/p>\n<p> Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek. Photo: TheStewartofNY\/Getty<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab&quot;It&#039;s not so much about preparation as it is about having the mindset of, &#039;Camille, you are good enough just the way you are,&#039;&quot; she says. &quot;As a big sister and a big sister to the internet, you&#039;re born ready, baby. You&#039;re ready. You&#039;re always ready, and if you&#039;re not ready now, you probably won&#039;t be ready tomorrow.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> She concludes: &quot;Life is so short, and our days are numbered. Just get up and go out, live and enjoy it, it&#039;s not that serious. That&#039;s all.&quot;.<\/p>\n<p> Read the original article on People.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Camille Kostek gets candid about the pressure she faced early in her modeling career in the first episode of PEOPLE&#039;s new series &quot;WAG World&quot;\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-selebriti","hvn-theme-has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144128,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/144128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imgist.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}