Filippa Hamilton the Ralph Lauren model who made headlines last week when a horribly photoshopped picture of her sparked controversy, claims that she was fired for being too fat.
The gorgeous 5-foot-ten-inch, 120 pound model, who has modeled for Ralph Lauren since she was 15, appeared on the Today show and went public with her termination from the clothing company.
“They said I couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore,” the size 4 stunner told Today’s Ann Curry Wednesday in New York. Hamilton said that Lauren wrote a letter to her agent saying, “We’re terminating your services because you don’t fit into the sample clothes that you need to wear.”
Hamilton also addressed the now-infamous touched-up photo of her in an ad for Ralph Lauren Blue Label.
“I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face,” she said. “It’s very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that.”
Ralph Lauren has denied that Hamilton was fired for being overweight.
“We consider her an important part of our imaging and branding,” the designer said in a statement to the media. “We regret that our relationship has ended as a result of her inability to meet the obligations under her contract with us.” (Read the company’s full statement here.)
Hamilton denied not meeting her obligations to a company that she called her second family.
“I did everything that I could. I was very loyal to them. I was on time every time,” Hamilton told Curry.
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