It’s possible you’ll know Gia Giudice because the breakout star of Bravo’s Subsequent Gen NYC, the host of the rising podcast Informal Chaos and, after all, the daughter of The Actual Housewives of New Jersey icon Teresa Giudice. However behind the scenes, she simply pulled off one thing much more demanding than something actuality TV has ever thrown at her. Giudice simply turned the youngest winner within the historical past of FOX’s Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at, a title earned not by drama or confessionals however by one of the grueling military-style coaching packages ever televised.
This wasn’t a actuality competitors within the conventional sense—it was a full-scale endurance gauntlet led by former Particular Forces operatives. Gia pushed her physique by freezing water submersions, tactical fight simulations, extreme sleep deprivation, punishing bodily drills and relentless psychological stress. She outlasted Olympians, skilled athletes and elite opponents, proving that her psychological toughness and resilience are on par with a number of the strongest performers to ever try the course.
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Contemporary off this milestone and deep into filming Subsequent Gen, Giudice is in her busiest period but. Between her Amazon Stay streams, nonstop content material schedule and podcast recordings, she nonetheless manages to carve out pockets of self-care and a magnificence routine her followers swear by. “Every day is different, I’m not going to lie,” she says after we ask how she balances work, relaxation and wellness. “I would say a typical work week…especially while filming Next Gen, looks like a filming schedule of Tuesday to Saturday. We really only have off Sundays and Mondays, but they will throw in a Monday every once in a while. When we’re filming, it’s pretty consistent.”
Exterior of capturing, the tempo doesn’t gradual. “I work heavily with Amazon Live. We have that at least once a week, and I record for my podcast twice a week. Then, when you throw in random events and filming content, the days can vary.” Even with the chaos, she prioritizes motion the place she will. “I always like to throw in a workout or at least go on a walk if I can’t get that in. And right now, I am working on my sleep a little more because it has definitely started to catch up with me. You need that sleep!”
Unwinding doesn’t precisely imply unplugging. “I’m pretty active!” she says of her night routine. “It’s hard for me to check out because my time in bed is my time to edit my content. I’ll film it throughout the day, but then when I’m lying down in bed, I’ll do all that good stuff for social.”
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Her magnificence routine, nevertheless, stays constant even when her schedule doesn’t. “When it comes to makeup, I’m a big Make Up For Ever girl. I love their products. I also love Tower 28 concealer. It’s very light coverage, but it does the job. All of the Gucci products are amazing, too. Those have been pretty consistent in my makeup routine for a really long time.” Skincare is the place she’s been discovering new favorites. “I love Caudalie’s products. Those are my go-tos. I also just discovered SkinBetter and Hydrinity—the products are really amazing.”
Skilled therapies are additionally a part of her rhythm. “I’m pretty consistent with facials,” she shares. “I’ll do a Hydrafacial every four weeks. I always like to dermaplane my skin, and it has agreed with my skin, although I know some people are against it. It honestly makes your skin feel like a baby’s butt. It’s so nice. Then, your makeup goes on so better. I like it a lot.”
Once we circle again to the mindset that obtained her by Particular Forces, the 24-year-old credit an internal voice she’s relied on her complete life. “I’ve just always had that ‘push-through’ mentality,” she says. “Throughout each day, it was like, ‘Okay, I got through day one. Okay, I just got over day two. Now, I’m on day seven. Ride it out.’ It was this mental game of me talking to myself and pushing myself through.” She additionally leaned closely on the individuals round her. “Even though it was an individually based course, all of the castmates were pushing each other. We were constantly motivating each other. That’s my type of motivation—when someone is screaming at me, saying, ‘Let’s go!’ Their way of motivating me and pushing me through is what I like. It’s what I’m used to. I was like, ‘Oh, I grew up like this. This is perfect.’”
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As for what’s subsequent, Giudice says she’s staying in dash mode till the vacations. “The next three weeks are pretty much go, go, go because we’re at the tail end of wrapping Season 2 for Next Gen,” she says. “I would say Christmas into the New Year, I can relax. I’m excited because I haven’t seen my dad in a bit. I would like to plan a little trip to see him in January or sometime very soon. I am definitely excited for that.”
