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‘Thicker, curvy’ women denied entry to Hollywood bar; rant goes viral on social media
ktla ^ | Vivian Chow

Posted on 11/11/2022 8:41:52 AM PST by BenLurkin

Ella Halikas says a bouncer told her and fellow “curvy” model, Alexa Jay, that they couldn’t follow their friends into The Highlight Room in Hollywood.

“(Alexa) asked him ‘Hey what’s going on? I’m actually with that party you just let in,’ and he said, ‘I know,’ and looked her up and down and said, ‘Not tonight,’” Ella said.

“It was so dehumanizing,” said Alexa. “It was like we were being looked through. If you experienced any type of discrimination like this, you know exactly how horrible and disgusting it feels and we are no longer letting this fly.”

The women believe this problem goes beyond one nightclub.

Halikas says she has received thousands of messages from other plus-sized women sharing similar stories of being turned away from bars and nightclubs.

“One of my plus-sized friends went to a club in New York City and they said, ‘Everyone else can come in,’” said Halikas. “They let in all her thin friends, got to her and said, ‘You can’t get in.’ She asked, ‘Why?’ and he goes, ‘If you want to come in, pay $4,000.”

“It felt like we were alone,” said Halikas. “It felt like we were plucked out of a crowd and I just felt like we need to share this because it’s not about us not getting into the Highlight Room, we don’t care. It’s the bigger picture of how many girls face this every single day. It was discrimination – 100 percent.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


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To: csvset

41 posted on 11/11/2022 9:40:11 AM PST by shotgun
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To: BenLurkin

Today Marilyn Monroe would be considered overweight.


42 posted on 11/11/2022 9:40:41 AM PST by ontap
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To: BenLurkin

So skip the donut next time.


43 posted on 11/11/2022 9:41:06 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (When Ashli Babbitt’s video-taped murderer Michael Byrd is indicted, I’ll start paying attention.)
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To: Vaduz

There’s thick plump big obese and damn.

With Thick being 1 on the scale (lol), and Damn being 5, I’d say they are probably 3 & 4 respectively.


44 posted on 11/11/2022 9:42:14 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

Wanna a whole lotta love....


45 posted on 11/11/2022 9:42:17 AM PST by shotgun
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To: fidelis

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46 posted on 11/11/2022 9:42:23 AM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: avenir

Fatal Attraction?

Truly scary film.


47 posted on 11/11/2022 9:44:20 AM PST by moovova
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To: GaryCrow

Isn’t there a bar where skinny women aren’t allowed to go? Oh yeah...the ice cream bar.


48 posted on 11/11/2022 9:45:51 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star)
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To: BenLurkin

it’s called a rope line for a reason...


49 posted on 11/11/2022 9:46:09 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: BenLurkin

Doorman duty: If she’s not HOT, she’s NOT.


50 posted on 11/11/2022 9:46:42 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: BenLurkin

Crappy friends. Leave part of the group outside?

Around here they let you in if you’re drinking and paying.


51 posted on 11/11/2022 9:46:57 AM PST by toast
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To: csvset

They look like they could be a lot of fun if they don’t mind stepping in as bodyguards occasionally.


52 posted on 11/11/2022 9:47:39 AM PST by moovova
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To: BenLurkin

Don’t go to those kind of clubs. They are meat markets. What does anyone think expect


53 posted on 11/11/2022 9:49:42 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: ontap

https://themarilynmonroecollection.com/marilyn-monroe-true-size/


54 posted on 11/11/2022 9:50:52 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: I-ambush

“Thought leader” is the preferred nomenclature.


55 posted on 11/11/2022 9:53:52 AM PST by Cecily ( )
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To: algore

Bwahahahaha. Now that’s plain funny. Law suits galore


56 posted on 11/11/2022 9:56:39 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: BenLurkin

FAT witches taking advantage of pandering wokeism in this country. They ‘model’ and ‘tik tok’ for support when EVERYBODY knows they’d explode into a fat behemoth if they ever had a baby. Worthless and no real man really wants that beyond a “hit and quit.”


57 posted on 11/11/2022 9:59:33 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: rolling_stone

“warning dangerous curves ahead”

One of them is truly “curvy” and not bad looking, but the other one is kinda scary.


58 posted on 11/11/2022 10:12:11 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: csvset

If I were a club owner I wouldn’t want them in it, just look at their faces, sullen, empty, vapid, eternally pissed.
Yeah, no thanks.


59 posted on 11/11/2022 10:38:58 AM PST by TexasM1A
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To: BenLurkin
you know exactly how horrible and disgusting it feels and we are no longer letting this fly.”

Oh good! She's going on a diet then, I assume.

60 posted on 11/11/2022 10:40:39 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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