Recently, there was quite a bit of controversy over Ralph Lauren’s firing of a model named Filippa Hamilton in April. The act was done on grounds of the model not fulfilling her contract requirements, but rumors have circulated that the real reason was because the company thought she was too fat. I looked further into the news articles surrounding the topic and found that Filippa is 5’8’’ and weighs 120 lbs. If that is fat then I think many of us are in big trouble. The company also published a supposedly unauthorized ad with her in it in which she was photo-shopped down to almost nothing. The picture in question displays a completely emaciated five foot eight woman who can’t possibly weigh more than 90 pounds.
Whether or not the ad was authorized, Ralph Lauren has still made a relatively poignant comment on the concept of beauty. The company has made an apology, but I doubt that what has happened will be forgotten any time soon. As for me, if you have to be tall and under one hundred pounds to be beautiful, count me out.
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