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ABOUT MEASK SIMI

“Extraordinary Business Leader and Best in her Field”

– Los Angeles Magazine,

About the founder

Ask Simi was founded by Simona Fusco.

Growing up Simona’s late mother Maria Gruber would call her by her nickname “Simi” which her mother often told her was because she was the most beautiful, caring and compassionate little girl she had ever met. That stuck with her till this day and her mother was spot on. At the age of eight, a prominent modeling agency discovered Simi in Vienna, Austria and she quickly became their top international model for their two biggest clients, Benetton and Lacoste. At that moment, a spark was ignited in Simona, which has made her the self-made, award-winning entrepreneur that she is today.

Simona’s mother quickly realized that Austria was limited in what it had to offer her daughter and shortly thereafter, at 14 years of age Simi and her mother relocated to Los Angeles, where the entertainment world quickly discovered her beauty, talent and natural born charisma. In a span of less than 10 years, Simi starred in more than 30 televisions and movies. One prominent Hollywood critic James Bacon, one of very few to interview Marilyn Monroe in person, published a story in the Beverly Hills Magazine 213 and called Simi “The Most Spectacular Looking Blonde Since Marilyn Monroe.”

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Public Shaming

Gone are the days that we can do stupid things and not wake up to see it on the internet. In this attention seeking, social media hungry world, everyone is a target. All it takes is a smartphone to turn your stupid decision into public shame.

Consequences:

Lives destroyed for the child as it is for the parent.

Over-Sexualized Clothing

Clothing for young girls has become overly sexualized. Last year, a study found that 30 percent of children’s clothing at major retailers had sexualized characteristics. Abercrombie Kids had the highest proportion of sexualized kids’ clothes, with 72 percent of preteen clothing featuring sexualized aspects, such as slinky material or a revealing cut. Even going as far as offering push up bras to 7 year olds in their summer bathing suits. Hollywood, the modeling industry and the internet are to blame.

Most of the time girls wear these type of clothes because of the pressure to fit in.

Consequences:

Poor body image. Among girls aged 11 through 17, the number one wish is to lose weight which in turn leads to anorexia, bulimia and purging. Increased sexual activity among pre teens and teens. Over 1 million teens become pregnant each year!

Viral Videos

A form of bullying were the bully captures a video in a less than flattering light of their victim and posts it on social media and YouTube, etc.

Many bullies use this as a form to control and humiliate their victim even going as far as to threaten them and extort some form of profit.

Consequences:

Detrimental. Many teens have committed suicide feeling humiliated and exposed. It would turn anybody’s world upside down but especially a teen who now has to deal with heckling in school and public shaming on social media and the Internet.

Partying

Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths EACH YEAR among underage kids in the US. More than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks. The 2017Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that among high school students, during the past 30 days

  • 30% drank some amount of alcohol.
  • 14% binge drank.
  • 6% drove after drinking alcohol.
  • 17% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol.

Consequences:

  • School absences and poor grades
  • Legal issues, arrests, getting insured, hurting others, drunk driving,
  • Unprotected sex, pregnancy, sexual assaults
  • Suicidal thoughts, abuse of drugs, death from alcohol poisoning, drowning
  • Changes in development, memory problems

Pitfalls of Social Media

Statistics say that 2 out of 3 people feel pressure to look good and close to a third of teens have been exposed to cyberbullying. Teens spend all of their free time on social media. In fact, they spend an average of 9 hours a day on social media. Tweens (ages 8-12) spend an average of 6 hours a day on social media. Teens, in particular girls are targets for cyber bullying. Posting pictures and getting likes and comments becomes an addiction. It’s an addiction to feel validation from strangers and peers that in turn has detrimental effects on their self-esteem and creates mental health issues, irritability, and anxiety. Researchers have shown that teens demonstrate symptoms comparable to drug withdrawal when removed from social media.

Comparing

Social media increases the negative impact of comparison for teens. That’s because they compare themselves to an artificial reality of altered images. Most images on social media and in magazines are photoshop manipulated. Teens tend to focus on attractiveness and popularity when they engage in comparison. As a result, teens feel that their own accomplishments and physical appearance aren’t enough. This can be discouraging and create self esteem problems, depression, body image problems, and anxiety.

Sugar Daddy Dating

Over four million students worldwide are registered on Seeking Arrangement. A Sugar Baby in a successful arrangement can expect to receive monthly allowances, professional and social opportunities, and gifts from a Sugar Daddy or Sugar Mommy.

In the US, more than 42 million Americans have student loan debt. Meanwhile, the average debt per student rose by 5 percent in 2018 to nearly $40,000.

The United States has the largest combined number of Sugar Daddy and Sugar Mommy relationships.

Sugar Daddies – 1,982,303 Sugar Mommies – 356,098 Sugar Baby Females – 8,389,012 Sugar Baby Males – 3,092,812

Effects of bullying:

Depression
Anxiety
Stressed
Thinking of hurting yourself
Affect your appetite, mood and sleep
Trouble in school with homework and tests

Are you or anybody you know of being bullied?

Whether it is verbal, physical or social bullying, reach out to Ask Simi for guidance and help with how to deal with a bully.

In the meantime, here are some tips with how to deal with a bully:

  • Talk to an adult
  • Talk to the bully
  • Be confident
  • Ignore the bully
  • Surround yourself with your real friends and support each other