In the 1990s, Monica Lewinsky became dubiously famous due to her closeness to the US president.
She went through hell and was subjected to real smear campaigns. The then 22-year-old came to the White House as an intern Monica Lewinsky (50) the then president of the USA Bill Clinton (77) very close.
“One night you go to bed as a private person, and the next day you are a public person and the whole world hates you,” she recalled in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Clinton barely “survived” the scandal politically; she was stigmatized for years, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and couldn't find a job.
She is now a speaker, anti-bullying activist and producer. For example, she produced the true crime series “Impeachment: American Crime Story”, which tells the story of her affair with Bill Clinton and his then-girlfriend. Linda Trippwho discovered all this, he said.
“I have to take risks to move forward. I have to try things. I have to continue to define who I am,” Lewinsky told the New York Times.
Now she is also the face of US sustainable fashion brand “Reformation” – she has posed coolly in a wide range of outfits.
But this wasn't just any modeling job, because the brand has been committed to more political participation by women for years. The “You've Got the Power” campaign was created in collaboration with the online electoral portal Vote.org.
“It’s simple: voting is using our voice to be heard, and that is the most important and powerful aspect of democracy,” Lewinsky told Variety magazine. And she's grateful to be able to encourage people to get active and vote.
Now that she's 50, everything should be better for her personally: “I'm looking forward to this new decade and I'm hopeful — which is a scary thing to say to someone with a lot of trauma,” Lewinsky said in an interview with Elle magazine.