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Published: 10/14/09

Ralph Lauren Model Fired for Being Too Fat?

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Ralph Lauren Model Fired for Being Too Fat?

Model Filippa Hamilton accused Ralph Lauren's clothing company of firing her because she is too fat, the New York Daily News reports. Hamilton is 5 feet 10 inches tall and 120 pounds. In recent days, the fashion house has been forced to apologize for an advertisement in Japan for Ralph Lauren Blue Label -- seen at left -- in which Hamilton's body was Photoshopped so extremely that her head was bigger than her hips. "They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn't fit in their clothes anymore," Hamilton, 23, told the Daily News. Hamilton has modeled for Ralph Lauren since 2002, ...

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