X A V I Posted February 23 Posted February 23 In the new series of Influential with Katty Kay, actress and model Brooke Shields opens up about spending nearly six decades in the spotlight and how she finally overcame her imposter syndrome. More than 40 years after Time magazine called her the face of a decade in a 1981 cover story, actress and model Brooke Shields says that she's finally confident enough to not feel like a failure. Speaking to the BBC's Katty Kay for her interview series Influential, Shields opens up about everything from landing an Ivory soap campaign as an infant to the fallout from that infamous Time photo shoot. In 2023, a Hulu documentary, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, offered a glimpse into the reality behind the tabloid headlines, centering on the relationship between Shields and her late mother, Teri. With a new book released on 14 January, Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Ageing as a Woman, Shields comes into her own and embraces the difficult task of ageing in the public eye. I knew that I had to find value beyond the surface and looks and beauty, because it was such a part of my upbringing and who I was to people – Brooke Shields Having been working since she was an infant (on the aforementioned soap ad), Shields says her public association with youthful beauty - those iconic eyebrows and big hair - has made the ageing process even more of a challenge. "[Having] a youthful face, just regularly getting older is almost viewed as a disappointment," she tells Kay. "I think, psychologically, it's a very interesting thing… You really have to do a lot of work on yourself internally to be OK with not also being disappointed with yourself." https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250218-brooke-shields-interview-influential-katty-kay
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