On this episode of Paradise Found, I talk to the inspiring Minami Gessel. Minami is a supermodel, actress, and body activist whom I have looked up to forever, she is also one of my closest friends. Minami shares part of her beautiful Japanese / Jewish American heritage with us and opens up about her powerful history. She and I talk about the harder side of being plus-sized models, how new diet trends and the comeback of "heroin-chic skinny" culture are affecting us, our ancestry, and more.