Ralph Lauren Model Who Was Digitally Altered Was Fired For Being Fat

I didn't think Ralph Lauren could sink any lower than digitally altering the photo of Flippa Hamilton and then denying it. Yes, they finally admitted they did it, but this is even worse. They fired Flippa for being too fat. Flippa told the NY Daily News that "They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore."

For the record, Flippa is 5'10" and weighs 120 pounds. Umm, even in the model world that doesn't seem fat and in the real world that is nowhere close to fat.

Ralph Lauren doesn't even deny they fired her because she was fat. "Filippa is a beautiful and healthy woman but our relationship ended as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us."

That is code speak for she was fat. This has got out of hand. I think all women are beautiful whether fat or skinny or curvy or what have you. The problem I have is that when you go on record as saying that someone who is as tall and skinny as Flippa and then call them fat, you are telling the world that unless you have the same measurements as Flippa you are too fat and that you are not perfect. Why does Ralph Lauren get to judge who is perfect and who is not or what size is perfect?

Flippa says, "I think they owe American women an apology, a big apology," she said. "I'm very proud of what I look like, and I think a role model should look healthy."

I agree.