A 23-year-old model who claims she was pressured by a major
London agency to become dangerously thin has launched a petition calling for a
new law to protect other women.
Rosalie Nelson, a size 8, who lives in London, revealed that
last year, when she walked into the unnamed agency with dreams of becoming a
model, she was told she ‘ticked all the boxes except one’ – her weight.
last year, when she walked into the unnamed agency with dreams of becoming a
model, she was told she ‘ticked all the boxes except one’ – her weight.
Even after losing a stone, the Australian-born beauty, who
has since posed for Vogue, was encouraged to keep shedding weight and get ‘down
to the bone’, something she says is all-too common in the fashion industry.
has since posed for Vogue, was encouraged to keep shedding weight and get ‘down
to the bone’, something she says is all-too common in the fashion industry.
Rosalie’s petition, which has garnered nearly 60,000
signatures on Change.org, reads: ‘When I walked into one of the UK’s biggest
model agencies last year they told me I ticked all the boxes except one – I
needed to lose weight.
signatures on Change.org, reads: ‘When I walked into one of the UK’s biggest
model agencies last year they told me I ticked all the boxes except one – I
needed to lose weight.
‘So I did. Four months later I lost nearly a stone, 2 inches
off my hips. When I returned to the same agency they told me to lose more
weight, they wanted me ‘down to the bone’.’
off my hips. When I returned to the same agency they told me to lose more
weight, they wanted me ‘down to the bone’.’
Rosalie says that at this point, she ‘refused’ to be
pressured into losing more weight and is now represented by London agency IMM
and Hamburg-based agency Modelwerk. However she wants the pressure of agencies
forcing models to get ‘down to the bone’ stop because it’s unhealthy and can
lead to other harms.
pressured into losing more weight and is now represented by London agency IMM
and Hamburg-based agency Modelwerk. However she wants the pressure of agencies
forcing models to get ‘down to the bone’ stop because it’s unhealthy and can
lead to other harms.
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