Ralph Lauren Model Fired For Being A Size 4?

Access Hollywood - October 14, 2009 12:19 PM PDT
Story photo: Ralph Lauren Model Fired For Being A Size 4?Model Filippa Hamilton Access HollywoodAccess Hollywood

NEW YORK, New York -- The model at the center of an advertising photo editing controversy last week has claimed she was fired for being a size 4.

At 5' 10" and 120 pounds, 23-year-old model Filippa Hamilton claims her weight was behind Ralph Lauren terminating her contract earlier this year.

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"Had they told you before they wanted you to lose weight?" Acccess Hollywood's Shaun Robinson asked Filippa on Wednesday morning.

"No," Filippa said. "It makes me sad. It makes me think Ralph Lauren wants to have this kind of image."

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Filippa claims she was terminated in April, six months before the abnormally thin Photoshopped advertisement published by the fashion house surfaced online.

On Wednesday, a rep for Ralph Lauren told Access in a statement that Filippa was terminated for her "inability to meet the obligations under her contract," and not her weight.

However, the French bombshell maintains her agent was sent a letter noting she didn't fit into the sample clothes she needed to wear.

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But Filippa told Access she "could fit into [the] clothes" and that she was a "size 2-4."

"So there were never any discussions with you, nobody ever said to your agent you weren't fitting into the clothes?" Shaun asked.

"No, it came out of the blue," Filippa added.

She also said she was dedicated to the job.

"I was always very loyal and on time," she said of her work ethic. "I was very nice."

Filippa maintains her weight never fluxuated during her eight years with Ralph Lauren and she was horrified and angry after seeing the image that surfaced last week, portraying her head as wider than her waist.

"It's not a good example when you see this picture," she said. "Young women are going to look at it and think it's normal to look like that and it's not.

"The message is more about being healthy and it's not entirely Ralph Lauren's fault," she continued. "I think it's more the industry's fault to promote skinny girls. So my goal now is to promote healthy girls."

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  • Cheerleader
    Ok..................
    report abuseposted October 30, 2009 4:04 AM PDT
  • betrue2u
    Hey Access Hollywood, maybe you need to hire some writers who can actually SPELL. "Fluxuated" is not a word!! It's Fluctuated, morons. Seriously, you must be really scraping the bottom of the intern barrel with that one...but fer sure whatev as long as they are hip to the scene who cares if they kant spel
    report abuseposted October 29, 2009 11:55 AM PDT
  • lilshorty
    You go Filippa! Show them that a real woman isnt supposed to look like a starving Eithiopian! The model's body on the altered picture looks like it should be a Halloween display.
    report abuseposted October 16, 2009 8:48 AM PDT
  • Fghjjk
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    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 7:10 PM PDT
  • Mike
    they had evry rite to fire her, models are supposed to look the way their bosses want them to, thats their job
    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 6:24 PM PDT
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    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 6:22 PM PDT
  • StreetPeaches
    Women are not supposed to look like 12 year old boys.
    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 4:24 PM PDT
  • Dic
    She needs to get her weight under control. There is no reason for her to weigh that much. I mean really. What's wrong with these models these days. Fatty vindictive-apparel
    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 1:57 PM PDT
  • Dic
    She needs to get her weight under control. There is no reason for her to weigh that much. I mean really. What's wrong with these models these days. Fatty
    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 1:56 PM PDT
  • Veronica M.
    FAT, HIPPO, COW, MORBIDLY OBESE....seriously this girl is 5'10 and 120. Maybe Ralph Lauren would prefer her to be dead. Maybe when she is malnurished and in a coffin then and MAYBE then she'll be "acceptable" to them. Very few women can be 120 at 5'10 WITHOUT being anorexic or a drug addict. STOP LETTING THE FASION INDUSTRY DICTATE TO YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD
    report abuseposted October 14, 2009 1:34 PM PDT
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