Emme, the highest earning plus-sized model in the industry, and host of Fox's reality dating series More to Love, exclusively talked to RadarOnline.com about the controversy surrounding the disturbingly altered image of Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton and also the termination of her contract.

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The only way things are going to change in the fashion industry and media, she says, is if consumers take action into their own hands, instead of waiting for someone else to speak up.

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"It's time for women to start uniting online and communicating about this, to really put their foot down.  They are in the driver's seat, because they are the ones spending the money!"

Filippa Hamilton Claims She Was Fired For Being Too Fat

Emme has had her own experiences of being released from jobs because of weight gain. "As a model I was released from jobs for no apparent reason, just saying that they were moving on, and it was understood.  I had to be thick skinned to deal with the industry."

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Now that Ralph Lauren has apologized for altering the image of the already thin model, Emme says that the powerful design company needs to take action, by representing a more realistic image of the American woman in all of their advertising campaigns.

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"Ralph Lauren needs to change the way he promotes the beautiful American family. He needs to use more diverse models, including plus size ones

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If Ralph Lauren thinks the controversy over model Filippa Hamilton’s digitally retouched photos is going away any time soon - fat chance! A national women’s organization is demanding the fashion house apologize again for its actions.

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In the ever shrinking world of modeling, Ralph Lauren seems to be completely out of touch with the real world. 

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5-foot-10, 120 pound French model Filippa Hamilton has claimed that the iconic image conscious label has fired her for being overweight, but we’ve got photos of the beauty on the runway and we don’t think she’s fat.  Not even a bit!

"They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes  anymore," Hamilton, 23, told the NY Daily News. She has modeled for the American fashion label since 2002, and has appeared on numerous runways and even at the candy store re-opening of Ralph Lauren’s daughter’s candy store, Dylan’s Candy Bar in New York, and at every appearance we think she looks like a slender, healthy young woman. 

Ralph Lauren Model Fired For Being Too Fat

Ralph Lauren Blue Label ran an ad in Japan which featured an image of her so photo shopped and skinny that she looks like she’s standing in front of a circus mirror.  "I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face; it's very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that," Hamilton said.

Hamilton, who had modeled for the designer since 2002, said in response: "I think they owe American women  an apology, a big apology; I'm very proud of what I look like, and I think a role model should look healthy. "

Tell us, do you think this model is too fat??

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Filippa Hamilton, a gorgeous 5-foot-10, 120-pound French model whose image was recently altered dramatically for a Japanese print ad, claims she was fired from her Ralph Lauren modeling gig in April because they thought she was too fat.

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"They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," Hamilton, 23, told the NY Daily News.

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Hamilton said of the Ralph Lauren Blue Label ad, which features a funhouse mirror-like slimming of her hips: "I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face; it's very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that."

The company Tuesday, in response, said the controversially altered picture "was mistakenly released and used in a department store in Japan and was not the approved image which ran in the U.S. We take full responsibility. This error has absolutely no connection to our relationship with Filippa Hamilton." They confirmed Hamilton was released "as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us."

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Hamilton, who had modeled for the designer since 2002, said in response: "I think they owe American women an apology, a big apology; I'm very proud of what I look like, and I think a role model should look healthy."

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