Trigger warning: The following article contains details of sexual abuse, assault, and disordered eating.
But that was before the truth about Victoria’s Secret and its fashion show came to light.
Here’s what former models are saying about theVictoria’s Secret fashion show.
“But instead it seemed like a casting call for prostitution.
I felt like I was in hell.”
So what did the executives at Victoria’s Secret do with this information?
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In 2007, Muise reportedly became the recipient of sexually explicit emails from Razek.
“I need someplace sexy to take you!”
The same perspectives extended to the Angels' maintenance of their bodies.
Selita Ebanks, a former Angel, toldE!
It is not something that’s natural, it is not something that should happen.
It’s tough."
“My life changed drastically, like overnight,” Ebanks toldE!
“All of a sudden, people know your name.
You find out friends that you thought were friends were not necessarily friends.
His response to the question was described as “dismissive.”
“I was just a little bit bigger.
In retrospect, that’s just biology and how the body works.
You’re not the same size when you’re 18 to when you’re 25.”
“You know what I’m saying?
It’s just about business.”
“I know what that feels like.
“When you are confined to this shape it consumes your life,” she said.
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“I couldn’t socialize without drinking.
I was developing quite the reliance on Xanax and Ambien to make it get me through the night.
And that was before I turned 18,” she said.
“He said, ‘My body did not look good enough,'” Malcolm shared.
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It was really unhealthy,” she said.
“At the start of 2017 it took me 10 minutes to climb a flight of stairs.
“I really feel that Victoria’s Secret has lost its way in expanding in recent years.
What was missing was the cultural change that people are looking for in your brand,” she shared.
Similarly, Bridget Malcolm shared onTikTokthat the “performative” shifts made by the company were not enough.
So what motivated her decision?
Kloss shared withVogue UKthat at the time, she began a course in feminist theory at New York University.
We needed to stop being about what men want and to be about what women want.”
