Posted on 11/12/2022 12:16:46 PM PST by rod5591
(KTLA) – Two female ... social media influencers say they were denied entry into a popular Los Angeles nightclub because of their size.
Ella Halikas said a bouncer told her and fellow “curvy model" Alexa Jay they couldn’t follow their friends into The Highlight Room in Hollywood.
“(Alexa) asked him, ‘Hey what’s going on? I’m with that party you just let in,’ and he said, ‘I know,’ and looked her up and down and said, ‘Not tonight,’”
The women shared their story on social media and said it has resonated with women all over the country.
“It was so dehumanizing,” said Jay. “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.”
The women believe this problem goes beyond one nightclub. Halikas said 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.’
Halikas [claimed] her career as a model had put her on runways and on the pages of Sports Illustrated magazine, but it still didn’t stop her from being turned away.
The Tao Group, operators of The Highlight Room, responded to the incident by saying:
“We are aware of their experience. The doorman on this evening worked for a third-party promotion company and we’ve removed this individual from the door effective immediately."
The women say ... they don’t believe just firing one doorman is enough. They’re hoping to work on systemic change in the industry while inspiring and empowering other plus-sized women.
(Excerpt) Read more at dcnewsnow.com ...
Send fine women home or to church events. Fill night clubs with skanks only.
As a slender woman with a physical job who is a healthy, organic diet freak and works out 3x per week-I wanted to see what is supposed to be thick, curvy, plus size model, etc-and I gotta say those two are heifers-fat by the rural standards here-not many fat people around at any age-healthy diet and work are why. Maybe I’m a snob, but that is fat and unhealthy...
They’re not curvy. *I* was curvy when I was heavy, but they’re corpulent. That being said, that’s no reason to deny them entry to a bar, regardless of what kind of image the club is trying to present.
That being said, businesses do have the right to refuse service if they so choose; or they used to.
Isn’t the point of going to those nightclubs to be dehumanized?
New York City clubs used to require women to wear five inch heels.
Painful, but so is the music, the crowds, the strangers, the prices...
I don’t know the difference between a private club and a public accommodation, but the heels are surely discriminatory.
Let me guess:
You are either a fat chick, or married to one
If men can be women. then fat chicks can be healthy and attractive. Case closed.
Somthing about fat girls and mopeds....
I wouldn’t join a club that would have me as a member.
- Groucho Marx :-)
He was funny.
Let me guess, you have a small penis and play with yourself in the shower because you too old, fat and ugly to land your fantasy woman, who is most likely a tranny? Right? Of course I’m right. Only a porn addicted wanker types like you.
They are curvaceous and beautiful, not ugly and fat.
Those skinny toothpicks whose Frontline looks like their backside are ugly.
She is beautiful
Just fat guys like him
THAT is FAT and dawg ugy
Love the one in orange
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