Victoria Secret Model Candice Loses her Job for Being Too Thin
By Sian on Apr 06, 2011 with Comments 3
South African model Candice Swanepoel has been the center of attention recently due to her dramatic weight loss. The Victoria’s Secret model was seen at a L.A. fashion shoot wearing a bra and panties and her skeletal frame caused many to discuss if she’d been dieting excessively.
Victoria’s Secret models have long been the center of discussion, and the company has said in their contracts that they expect their models to be “healthy and muscular”. A Victoria’s Secret modeling contract is reported to be the highest paying modeling job available, and although the model claims to be eating steak, if her weight drops any lower, she could lose her contract.
The 22-year old Swanepoel has admitted that she’s lost weight, but she claims that the drastic weight loss is due to excessive travel and the pressures of New York’s fashion week. Rochelle Sirota, a New York city dietitian, estimates Swanepoel’s weight to be close to 110 pounds, although her current model card lists her as wearing a size 8 dress. With a reported height as 5 foot 9 and a half, she could comfortably go up to 125 pounds and still be at a healthy, although lower than average, weight.
Other Victoria’s Secret models have come forward to say that the company represents women of all shapes and sizes and that they prefer to showcase women with curves.
In order to gain weight, the model would have to reverse the commonly held diet advice to cut 500 calories a day. If she added the same amount back in, even if she kept her exercise the same, she could expect to gain a little weight back in a safe manner.
story via www.eonline.com
At 5’9″ & 110 pounds, there is no way she is a size 8. Personally, she looks like all the other thin models out there that the media hype… not saying I like it but she looks sort of VS to me…..
I wish we could get more real looking women but the media still trends toward thin.
Me – Strong is the new skinny!
We all would like to see model in a variety of sizes which would more acurately represent how woman really look. But let’s get real, few people want to see the “flaws” that come with the added weight the many of us carry. And if heavy people are included then viewers will complain about all the air-brushing that is done to smooth things out. I often think people just can’t accept that their are an endless array of packages that we humans all come in.
So she is skinny. Big deal. If VS wants curver models, fine.
Many of the VS models are very thin. I personally ONLY wear VS bras but I am far from a skinny gal. I would love to see some of their models with an average body frame instead of the tiny ladies in every mag.