120-Pound Ralph Lauren Model Claims She Was Fired For Being Too "Fat"
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 @ 09:14AM
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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Comments
Also the clothing I bought the other day is going back as it was RL. I am boycotting his line from now on.
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 11:16am
That "Ralph Lauren "photo is so disturbing. I am sick of these designers trying to tell us women in a passive aggresive way that unless we are a sz 0 we're fat. That model deserves a HUGE apology.
Posted Fri, 10/16/2009 - 11:14am
That brand is now OFF my shopping list!!!
Posted Wed, 10/14/2009 - 6:00pm
That is why girls think they are fat today. They are making it hard for the girls today. You don't have to be skinny to be somebody. It is a shame they are putting out that image in todays world. It is sickening.
Posted Wed, 10/14/2009 - 12:40pm
At 120 and 5ft 10inch she is considered underweight so if Ralph Lauren tells her to lose weight he is promoting anerxism
Posted Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:53am
I think the photo shopped picture is disturbing. That is just way too thin!
Posted Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:14am
I think the photo shopped picture is disturbing. That is just way too thin!
Posted Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:14am
I'm not hating on this young lady-she looks beautiful-but "role model"? come on....
Posted Wed, 10/14/2009 - 10:04am