Aoki Lee Simmons posing for a new PETA campaign after saying she took a step back from modeling

• Aoki Lee Simmons posed for a new PETA campaign that invited people not to go to Seaworld
• In the ads Simmons poses as a mermaid in a fish bowl to mimic how the sea animals at Seaworld feel in captivity
• The new campaign marks one of Simmon’s big ads since she said in October 2024 that she would “unpack” her modeling career because of the toll it had taken on her

Even if Aoki Lee Simmons Said she took a step back from modeling, she poses for a purpose.

In an exclusive first look, Simmons, 22, which supports Peta to encourage people is noted to visit Seaworld. In the campaign Simmons is photographed as a mermaid of a variety that is connected to a fish bowl when she stares directly at the camera.

“Imagine a lifetime in a fish bowl,” reads the campaign slogan.

Together with the pointed campaign photo, Simmons was also presented in a video that documented behind the scenes of photography and why this campaign took her attention.

“Stands in a wardrobe for about eight hours. Imagine to live that way. It’s really for them, like no space. It’s like hell on earth, living that way,” Simmons says at the beginning of the video, referring to Sea Life in Seaworld. She adds, “Imagine that you are living that way, it will click for you. You would not want to live in a fish bowl.”

“I remember when I was young and first learned the state of Orcas and Dolphins and all these animals in captivity that you would see on Seaworldshows, and it was scary,” she continues. “Don’t go to Seaworld. There’s nothing to get an animal to make a trick in a pool that will teach your children something about nature, earth or animal activity.”

Peta said that over 40 orcas and more than 500 other dolphins and whales have died, “many premature” at Seaworld.

PETA’s new campaign also encourages Seaworld to release Orca Whale Corky, the longest holding prisoner in the world. Corky was caught off the coast by British Columbia in 1969.

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“Corky was used for several years as a breeding machine at another plant, but none of her calves survived the last 47 days. Her last pregnancy ended in a miscarriage when her dead child was found at the bottom of a concrete tank in Seaworld,” reads a press release. “Of the 13 members of her pod captured between 1968 and 1969, Corky is the only one still alive.”

Simmons compares Corky’s captivity with a person who “stands in a wardrobe forever.” Notes, “There is a clear effect on their mental health, their wellness, their entire life, everything.”

However, the meaningful campaign drove Simmons to “return” for modeling (although she has actually not stopped modeling) after saying in October 2024 that she would be “Packaging” her career In the industry because it had taken a fee on her.

“It’s hard to go anywhere and hear about and over and over again,” No, (and) you’re not pretty enough, “she said on an Instagram live. She added to be the daughter of Kimora Lee Simmons also made her work harder because of the comparisons. Simmons noted that under castings, especially for brands that her mother had sometimes” felt. ”

However, despite her Instagram live statement at that time, Simmons has continued to work during the months ago, including this PETA campaign.