she was nominated for three emmys for her part as wilhelmina. i loved wilhelmina. >> the stuff you dream of. >> wearing fabulous clothing and bossing people around. it doesn't get better than that. >> it's a very rich book in terms of the content, the detail. it's very inspiring in many ways. and actually sad in many ways as well. it's very moving to read it. you had this awful experience when you were molested. you were 10 years old. it was another woman. she was 18. a young woman. tell me about that and the effect it had on your life as you got older. >> well, it was one of those things where as a mother of four kids, you know, and also as my mother read it, she didn't know about it before i wrote the book -- >> is that right? >> no. she had no idea. >> when did you have that conversation? >> actually, we never had it. we did our pages separately and then read each other's pages, so -- >> so your mother read it? >> read it, yeah. >> wow. well, tell me what happened. >> and knowing that we're both lionesses, that's probably one of the reasons w

the wilhelmina agency, alone, quadrupled its number of older models over the past few decades.oprah's on it. with a nationwide model search for her magazine, only open to women over 30. >> this market is not disappearing. it's not hiding. and if anything, it's going to increase. >> reporter: juliet branker couldn't get hired as a model in her 20s. now at 54, she drives a forklift at lowe's by day. but the side jobs keep coming. >> here i am, an older person. not the same, young body that i had. and they want me now. >> reporter: cindy joseph calls it a revolution. >> it's a matter of realizing that we will be valued for something other than looking like we're 25 years old. >> reporter: a revolution, not just for her career, but for women everywhere. cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >> i think it's great. as a woman, very relatable. >> i like it. you go, girls. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good america this morning. >> stay with us for "good @bmo closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc

>>reporter: the change wilhelmina loss of about three-month pay. financial blow for a mother of one with second child on the way. when she complained yahoo september her an e-mail indicating hundreds morse arelessing the benefit promised when laid off. >> they should handle it better if there was a mistake. if it's not mistake i think taking away the benefit from the employee being laid off without any if mistake or didn't do anything bad to the company is disserving. >>reporter: she's consulting annan attorney. we heard from yahoo few minutes ago and indicated it's possible that clerical error was made but captain talk specific individual and their situation. ceo thompson didn't talk about the lay off at all. only the future of the company in the earnings column. in sunnyvale david lou abc 7 news. >> couple items involving higher education. record number of freshmen will be entering the uc system in the fall and what may a record number will be from out of state or even over seas. 80,000 students have been offered admission to one of the nine uc c

the wilhelmina agency quadrupled its number of older models over the past two decades.th an upcoming nationwide model search for her magazine, only opened to women over 30. >> this market is not disappearing. it's not hiding. and, if anything, it's going to increase. >> reporter: juliet branker couldn't get hired as a model in her 20s. now at 54, she drives a forklift at lowe's by day, but the side jobs keep coming. >> here i am an older person, not the same young body that i had. and they want me now. >> reporter: cindy joseph calls it a revolution. >> it's a matter of realizing that we will be valued for something other than looking like we're 25 years old. >> reporter: a revolution not just for her career, but for women everywhere. cecilia vega, abc news, new york. >> she signed her first modeling contract at age 49 with ford. she'd been a makeup artist before that, working with some big names in the business, including cindy crawford and naomi campbell. and look at her go now. she looks fantastic, too. >> and as a woman, i think we appreciate that. we appreciate the