Una modelo holandesa ganó un juicio contra dos agencias que dejaron de contratarla por considerar que su cadera, de 94 centímetros, era demasiado ancha, según indicó hoy la televisión pública neerlandesa NOS. El caso había causado un gran indignación ya que la modelo no era en absoluto gorda.

La modelo Ananda Marchildon, de 25 años, ganó en 2008 un premio de 75 mil euros en un concurso en el que obtuvo el título de modelo revelación en ese año.

Sin embargo, tras haberle pagado 10 mil euros, las agencias cancelaron los contratos con los que tenía que completar el pago del total del premio y el motivo fue que su cadera se había ensanchado hasta 94 centímetros, mientras que se le exigía no sobrepasar los 90.

Los jueces han dado la razón a la modelo entre otras cosas porque cuando ganó el premio su cadera era ya de 92 centímetros, y las agencias no pusieron reparos en ese momento. La sentencia exige a las agencias que remuneren el resto de lo acordado a la modelo.

*Nota de thedailybeast.com
Ananda Marchildon, ‘Too Fat’ Model, Wins Lawsuit
In an unprecedented court case, the Dutch fashion model Ananda Marchildon, 25, went up against Elite, the most powerful agency in the business, and came out victorious. Marchildon had been promised €75,000 (about $100,000) when she won the Holland’s Next Top Model television competition in 2008. But Elite subsequently dismissed her, saying her hips were too big by two centimeters (3/4 of an inch). The court in the Netherlands ruled today that Elite would have to pay her the remaining €65,000.

Marchildon has been earning her living as a cabinetmaker since her modeling career was put on hold. “I was at work when I got the call from my lawyer who told me, ‘You got it!’ I just went: ‘Yeah!’” Then, said Marchildon, she cried. “Oh, I am so relieved,” Marchildon told The Daily Beast. “After almost two years of struggling I was finally proven right. A huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders.”

One of the main points of contention in the case was Elite’s claim not to have taken over Modelmasters the Agency (MTA), which made its promise to Marchildon in the first place. Even though MTA in effect ceased to exist and Elite picked up its models, Elite said it was not responsible to fulfill MTA’s obligations. The judge disagreed, ruling that “Marchildon could in good faith count on the fact that the contract between Marchildon and MTA was valid for Elite as well.”

When Elite sent Marchildon packing, it claimed that her hips, measuring 92 centimeters (36¼ inches) were just too broad for her to get work. Marchildon starved herself and exercised relentlessly to try to lose the required two centimeters, but to no avail. A spokesman from Elite Models allegedly said that because of her “fat ass,” she was unfit for modeling.

The Amsterdam court ruled that when the contract was signed Marchildon had a hip size of 92 cm, and “therefore Elite could not demand Marchildon reach a hip size of 90 cm.”

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