Posted on 03/15/2025 11:48:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The boss of online clothing brand Snag has told the BBC it gets more than 100 complaints a day that the models in its adverts are "too fat".
Chief executive Brigitte Read says models of her size 4-38 clothing are frequently the target of "hateful" posts about their weight.
The brand was cited in an online debate over whether adverts showing "unhealthily fat" models should be banned after a Next advert, in which a model appeared "unhealthily thin", was banned.
The UK's advertising watchdog says it has banned ads using models who appear unhealthily underweight rather than overweight due to society's aspiration towards thinness.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 61 complaints about models' weight in 2024, with the vast majority being about models who appeared to be too thin.
But it only had grounds to investigate eight complaints and none were about Snag.
Catherine Thom read the BBC report about the Next advert ban and got in touch to say she found it "hypocritical to ban adverts where models appear too thin for being socially irresponsible, however when models are clearly obese we're saying it's body positivity".
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probably....lol
gotta love the 6ft1in Laura with the frontal “underboob” jutting out. classic!
“covered as much as possible” doesn’t mean by the media.
She could do some intermittent fasting for a couple weeks and look just fine. 😁
Ahem, shouldn't the word be "un-slim" where's woke nation?? They're famous for the "un-alive" nonsense.
G is for “gigantic”. double G is for “gargantuan” and triple G is for “GODZILLA”. just clearing up the G size differences.
I bet she can’t. That looks like fast food, junk food. Being a great cook can add some pounds, but not that many...
I can imagine the wax ring squirts out like it was shot from a cannon and splatters against the walls.
Is she selling designer hog troughs?
And my doctor worries about my cholesterol. She’s a biggun’.
Ring me Solo...and the wookie
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