Wife of American rapper, Ice T, would like for the social media generation to acknowledge her pioneer work in creating ‘the derriere phenomenon’. Coco Austin, the 38 year old mother took to Instagram to shed some light on why she should be respected as a ‘thicker body’ icon.
The ex-model, who entered the modelling industry in 1997 at the age of 18, shared a picture from one of her motorcycle calendars and wrote about how she paved the way for Kim Kardashian – West and Nicki Minaj.
Coco gave a shout out to Anna Nicole Smith and Jennifer Lopez for making big butts cool during a time when ‘to have a booty, it was considered to be fat in the modelling world. but I helped change the minds of what booty was.’
For those of you wondering why Coco is randomly asking for credit where it due, she had this to say: ‘I helped history..I don’t want to toss it aside like it was nothing…’ From modelling lingerie at the age of 18, Coco went on to become the winner of the Miss Ujena contest in 1998.
She has also worked at the Playboy mansion and starred in racy low-budget films such as The Dirty Monks, Southwest Babes and Desert Rose.
Born Nicole Austin, Coco has one child for 59-year-old rapper husband, Ice T. Ice T, however, has two children with other women: Ice (24) and LeTesha (40).