Before fame, Halle Berry slept on beanbags with a dozen other girls in a one-bedroom apartment. Yes, the star’s debut in the ruthless world of modeling was far from glamorous!
It all started when a beauty pageant organizer in Ohio encouraged her to move to Illinois to join her modeling agency.
“She told me, ‘Come to Chicago, I’ll get you into the modeling world and you’ll make a ton of money. You’ll do this for a year and then see what you want to do next.'” ‘remembered Halle Berry on the microphone of the podcast Armchair Expert. “I said, ‘Okay.’ »
A dream that turns into a nightmare
Once she arrived there, Halle Berry quickly became disillusioned. “She never told me it would be in a one-bedroom apartment with about 15 other girls sleeping on beanbags on the floor,” the actress continued.
After six months in this overcrowded apartment, the future Hollywood star decided to escape with one of her companions in misfortune. Some time later, she tried her hand at acting, joining a drama class to kill boredom and on the promise of finding “pretty boys” there. And you know the rest!
