A former winner of the television show "Holland's Next Top Model" has
won a lawsuit against Elite Model Management after she was dropped for
having hips the agency considered too large.
The Amsterdam District Court ruled Wednesday that Ananda Marchildon, now
25, was entitled to the main prize she won in the 2008 production of
the show, a three-year contract worth $98,500.
Marchildon argued she was dismissed after only $13,000 worth of work because she didn't lose enough weight to please the agency.
According to the written ruling, though Marchildon had gained weight
since getting the contract, she had a hip measurement of 92 centimeters
(about 36.2 inches) when she won, and Elite could not demand that she go
down to 90 centimeters — about 35.4 inches. That is far smaller than
the average woman's hips but not unusual in the modeling world.
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