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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
News Ralph Lauren doesn't like fat girls
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM
We, as a society, spend way too much worrying about superficial crap.
Ralph Lauren's clothing company fired the model whose body looked emaciated in a touched-up ad because she weighed too much, the woman told the Daily News Tuesday.Filippa Hamilton - whose hips appeared slimmer than her head in the recent altered ad - said her contract was terminated in April because she was too heavy.
"They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," she said.
The 5-foot-10, 120-pound stunner was amazed to see her body digitally distorted for Ralph Lauren Blue Label.
"I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face," she told the Daily News. "It's very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that."
Hamilton, 23, worked for Ralph Lauren since about 2002 and considered the company like a second family - until she was bounced.
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