Girl Who Dropped Out of College Feeling Like a “Loser” Is Now One of the Highest-Paid Fitness Influencers: “I’ve Sacrificed So Much of My Life”

The fitness world has always cherished the tales of extraordinary journeys that pave the path for others to attain their desired fitness goals. Among countless fitness inspirations, there stands out a woman who ascended to the pinnacle of success at the age of 26, becoming one of the highest-paid models and social media influencers. 

Miranda Cohen is regarded as one of the well-known fitness influencers who rose through the ranks battling many challenges that came her way. In recent times, Cohen has garnered a large fan following on social media. Although she could not complete her education and dropped out of college early, she gave her heart to her passion and became an accomplished Instagram star with an unshakable influence.

Miranda Cohen’s early life 

Miranda Cohen was born on March 21, 1996, in the United States. She was raised in a family that cared about her and always supported her to follow her passion and dream. Even though she was a fortunate child, a sad reality of her life was that she was born with a hole in her heart. 

Cohen’s mother always guided her to adopt a healthy lifestyle owing to the hole in her heart. Despite this critical medical situation (Ventricular Septal Defect), she grew up well and chose her way to lead a healthy lifestyle while battling this severe disease. 

After joining high school, she soon realized that this was not something she wanted. Hence, Cohen chose to drop out of college and embarked on her fitness journey. Cohen’s rise to fame was spearheaded by a major decision that she took in 2017.

Miranda Cohen’s rise in the fitness world

Miranda Cohen gained immense fame and popularity after she participated in the 1st Phorm Athlete Search in 2017. This contest was conducted by the supplement company 1st Phorm to crown their next fitness star. Cohen’s fortunate fate made her one of the finalists for the contest.  

 

Now, Miranda Cohen has become one of the highest-paid fitness models in the industry. According to SeasonRelease, she has a net worth of $1.5 million and earns a good amount of money from different sources such as online fitness coaching business, endorsements on social media, sponsorships, modeling contracts, sales of her merchandise, and appearances at events.

Even as she continues her rise among the ranks, Cohen has kept her feet grounded. Signaling the same, she uploaded a throwback video, while talking about what she is looking forward to as 2024 approaches. 

Miranda Cohen reminisces about the past   

In a recent Instagram post, Cohen uploaded a video that was shot earlier this year. She made this video when 2023 was approaching and it talked about her 8 years of hard work and countless efforts she put in to reach where she is now. Along with the video, she wrote a caption highlighting her excitement for the upcoming year. The caption read, “We made this video earlier this year. As 2023 comes to a close – I think this video perfectly represents the last 8 years of growth. Excited for 2024 and to continue finding the best version of me.”

In the video, shedding light on her past life, Cohen said, “My journey here has not been easy, to say the least. I dropped out of college and everyone told me what I was going to be without even knowing my true heart and passion for my craft. And I remember dropping out of college and I felt like such a loser.”

Revealing the saddest part of her life, she said “It’s like sometimes I don’t even know. I’ve sacrificed so much of my life that sometimes I forget there’s an outside world outside of my life.” Reflecting on the hardships she faced in the runup to become successful in her passion, she added that people often think that social media success is easy, but emphasized the fact that this was seldom the case. “Nobody told me how to do this, nobody gave me any direction,” she revealed, explaining how the entire journey was the product of the heart and soul that she had put in.

Despite having attained numerous laurels throughout her career, Cohen still continues the grind and is looking forward to what 2024 has in store for her. 

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