Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton (120 pounds) gets fired for being too fat...

WTF?! Is Ralph blind? How could this model be too fat. This is disturbing to the modeling world and to young girls hoping to be models everywhere.

Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton (120 pounds) gets fired for being too fat. Is Ralph blind?

Too fat? :?

The modelling world is a vicious place.

Thats the modeling world for ya!

I am one of the most annoying people to try and watch America's Next Top Model with. Even though I am a guy who has never had any real eating problems (besides a bit of a bad diet) I have good friends who had ED's so I know all about the sort of "culture" and can easily spot someone who is ana (which BTW pretty much everyone on that show was ana).....

That is a creepy world.

120 lbs. is heavy for big name designers, other than Victoria's Secret. Which is sad. Some people try to justify it by saying it's about the clothes and you need a body type that makes the clothes look their best. You're not supposed to notice the model at all. Which I guess when they weigh only 90 lbs. isn't really so hard. They're barely there anyway. :?

:lol: at the terrible photoshopping

Also, since when did "not fittng into the clothes" mean you're too fat? oh that's right, it doesn't mean that... makes a great news headline though! :roll:

120 lbs. is heavy for big name designers, other than Victoria's Secret. Which is sad. Some people try to justify it by saying it's about the clothes and you need a body type that makes the clothes look their best. You're not supposed to notice the model at all. Which I guess when they weigh only 90 lbs. isn't really so hard. They're barely there anyway. :?

binpink

After 7 years, that is shocking. I though Hamilton was one of their best models too?

There was a thread on the photoshop of model in question. It's sick. I'm heavier than her, and 5'2, and I'm not fat. I'm cuddly, but again, not fat. fat is 200+ pounds on my 5'2 frame. a 5'10 woman should be at LEAST 140 lbs.XilePrincess

140 is enormous when it comes to being a model

She's too fat to be in the industry, the clothes did not fit her

You can't expect designers to have to make adjustments in their clothing to hide a bulge or a fold

Women who are models have to be perfectly fit, that means under 120

omg. we're the same weight.. :o.. i guess i cant go model form Ralph Lauren.. :(. .

Eh, while it is outrageous to us, models know what they're getting themselves into (or at least, should know). It's an idustry highly based on aesthetics, if you don't meet the stadards, tough luck.

[QUOTE="binpink"]

120 lbs. is heavy for big name designers, other than Victoria's Secret. Which is sad. Some people try to justify it by saying it's about the clothes and you need a body type that makes the clothes look their best. You're not supposed to notice the model at all. Which I guess when they weigh only 90 lbs. isn't really so hard. They're barely there anyway. :?

Sajo7

One size fits all... because with all the millions of dollars those companies earn each year, they can't afford an extra inch of fabric for a woman who is larger than a size 0? I agree with you, it's just sad that they use models and show clothes that would fit a very small percentage of the population. And some of said models get these huge lucrative careers because they're good at starving themselves. That's not a talent worth paying for, in my opinion.

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]There was a thread on the photoshop of model in question. It's sick. I'm heavier than her, and 5'2, and I'm not fat. I'm cuddly, but again, not fat. fat is 200+ pounds on my 5'2 frame. a 5'10 woman should be at LEAST 140 lbs.Jaysonguy

140 is enormous when it comes to being a model

She's too fat to be in the industry, the clothes did not fit her

You can't expect designers to have to make adjustments in their clothing to hide a bulge or a fold

Women who are models have to be perfectly fit, that means under 120

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]There was a thread on the photoshop of model in question. It's sick. I'm heavier than her, and 5'2, and I'm not fat. I'm cuddly, but again, not fat. fat is 200+ pounds on my 5'2 frame. a 5'10 woman should be at LEAST 140 lbs.XilePrincess

140 is enormous when it comes to being a model

She's too fat to be in the industry, the clothes did not fit her

You can't expect designers to have to make adjustments in their clothing to hide a bulge or a fold

Women who are models have to be perfectly fit, that means under 120

We're talking about models here

The average 5'10 model is under 120 pounds.

If she was all jacked up designers wouldn't want her either because she'd have a body that doesn't meet the requirements

Now she can stay the size she is now and be a plus size model or she can work out and become a fitness model but if she wants to return to the world of mainstream modeling then she's going to have to lose weight

That's ridiculous.

60 pounds is too fat for catwalks - wouldn't even fit into the clothes properly ....

Eh, while it is outrageous to us, models know what they're getting themselves into (or at least, should know). It's an idustry highly based on aesthetics, if you don't meet the stadards, tough luck.

_BlueDuck_

this, and its his company, he can fire whoever the heck he wants, i dont see why people make a big deal out of it

Now she can stay the size she is now and be a plus size model or she can work out and become a fitness model but if she wants to return to the world of mainstream modeling then she's going to have to lose weight

Jaysonguy

:evil: Fyi: 120 lbs =/= plus sized. Just clearing that up for you.

:lol: at the terrible photoshopping

Brainkiller05

Agreed. I've seen better "digitally altered" photos by the people here on Gamespot/Faqs. How in the world does that photo pass for being "a la mode?" I mean, someone sat there and thought..ya, she looks much more natural now and people will think she looks fantastic.

It's part of the contract she signed, so I can't say it's really wrong. The image of what's "fat" is wrong, but not her getting fired. She obviously isn't fat. Just "model industry" fat. She just would look more beautiful with some more meat on that body anyway.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Now she can stay the size she is now and be a plus size model or she can work out and become a fitness model but if she wants to return to the world of mainstream modeling then she's going to have to lose weight

binpink

:evil: Fyi: 120 lbs =/= plus sized. Just clearing that up for you.

Agreed. It's almost disturbing how thin some of these models try to be.

When will Ralph Lauren learn that dangerously skinny women will never be as attractive as women with curves?fidosim

Let's **** up teen women minds some more.

Don't you think it's kind of sick anybody even close to 'regular' sized has to be a 'plus size' model? I hope you realize that if people like you continue to think a non-'plus size' model has to be stick thin and look like she hasn't eaten in weeks, nothing will ever change, perspectives will never shift. Mainstream will never become healthy looking and will just continue to damage teenage and tween girls' views on themselves unless regular people demand to see healthy, real-life-sized models. why the **** do people want to see unrealistically skinny people modelling the clothes they're supposed to now go out and buy? it's gonna look like crap on us 'fat' people. Why not just make clothes that actually look good on regularly sized people? they'd make more money.XilePrincess

This is why I can't stand the whole fashion industry (along with how hideous their cloths can be at times...).

It ****** me off to no end seeing beautiful girls who could maybe even stand to gain a little weight talk about how they think they are fat or are afraid of every little thing they eat making them fat. Curves are lovely and while I definitely understand keeping in shape and staying a bit thin, the fashion industry has a frankly psychotic definition of thin that I do believe a statistic says only 1% of women even have a chance in hell at meeting.

In all honesty I find models on shows like America's Next Top Model to be unnattractive because they freaking look sick (I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOUR BONES STICKING OUT IT WORRIES THE HELL OUT OF ME!). To think that even then the camera is likely adding about 10 pounds to their look (which I struggle with at times as cameras are very unkind to me) just blows my mind to think what those girls might look like in real life.

I bet you if every model in this particular industry was psychologically evaluated over 90% of them would be found to have an ED as that is pretty much what it takes to be so freaking unnaturally thin...

I really hope Fillipa doesn't lose weight. I fully support her through this BS and hope maybe she can try and spearhead some sort of movement against the industry.

120 pounds... That's not even close to fat. Having your ribs show out like you are starving is not cute.

Maybe he'd be more satisfied if he buys some prop skeletons and dresses them up in his designs.

Seriously, how is 120 lbs fat? I'd consider 150 to be skinny amd 180 to be average. Women with curves are more attractive.

wow

that redicuous, a pretty woman is a pretty woman, and thats a purrrrdy woman.