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 US President Bill Clinton (77) very close.
“One night you go to bed a private person, and the next day you’re 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 was unable to 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 her girlfriend at the time Linda Trippwho uncovered all this, told.
“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 the sustainable US fashion brand “Reformation” – she posed coolly in a wide variety of outfits.
More political participation for women
But that wasn’t just any modeling job, because the label has been committed to more political participation for women for years. The “You’ve Got the Power” campaign is in collaboration with the online voter portal Vote.org developed.
“It’s simple: Voting is using our voice to be heard, and that is the most important and powerful aspect of democracy,” Lewinsky told US Magazine Variety. And she is grateful that she can 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 am hopeful – which is scary to say for someone with a lot of trauma,” said Lewinsky in an interview with the magazine Elle.