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"Next Top Model" Winner Fired Because Her Ass Was Too Big

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (57)

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Ananda Marchildon, the fourth season winner of the Dutch “Next Top Model,” is six feet tall and her hips are slightly wider than 35 1/2 inches. I have no idea what that means, but she looks like this:

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And also this:

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And this:

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After winning a three-year modeling contract from “Next Top Model,” Ananda was recently fired from her agency. Why? Because her “butt is too big.” Apparently, in order to be a runway model, one’s hips need be less than 35 1/2 inches because that’s the size that designers make their clothes. Her hips were three quarters of an inch too big.

Around the time Elite took over,” she says, “I was put on a so-called keto diet.” (She had to pay for a personal trainer and a dietician out of her own pocket, she says.) “It is a protein regime: eggs without the yolk, steamed veggies, steamed meat, protein shakes, unsalted nuts, training three to four times a week for two hours.” But Elite’s program for downsizing to 90 centimeters proved to be an impossible task for the statuesque beauty. “I really tried to meet their demands, but it didn’t go fast enough for them, so they fired me. My butt’s too big, they said.”

I mean, look at her! She’s HUGE. Look at those curves! DISGUSTING.

(Source: The Daily Beast)









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Comments

kind of hard to feel sorry for someone who picked modeling as a career. that being said, I like Ms. Marchildon's butt just the way it is.

Posted by: troy at February 13, 2012 2:01 PM

She's probably pretty bummed. I'll be happy to take her out to Arby's. I was going anyway, cuz it's MONDAYYYYYY

Posted by: Alabaster Salamander at February 13, 2012 2:03 PM

I really have to commend Elite. They understand that we don't want attractive models. They all have to look like pre-pubescent boys. I guess curves are just a little too difficult to draw?

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 13, 2012 2:06 PM

The middle picture is Blake Lively.

Posted by: Yelly at February 13, 2012 2:08 PM

GUH! with an ass that fat, she may as well get a desk job in the darkened corner of some office.

Posted by: gp at February 13, 2012 2:09 PM

After seeing what Marc Bouwer did to that poor former stripper on Cycle three of the American version, I can't say I'm much surprised.

Posted by: Jerry at February 13, 2012 2:16 PM

It sounds like they just needed an excuse to sack her and that was the easiest loophole.

Maybe she made eyes at the wrong woman's husband or something, 'coz they certainly wouldn't sack a runway model for being an air-headed lunatic or a coke-fiend or anything!

Posted by: MurderBot at February 13, 2012 2:16 PM

Oops. Did I say that aloud?

Posted by: Jerry at February 13, 2012 2:16 PM

Again?

//secures tray table, returns seat to full upright position, fastens seat belt//

She is a fashion model. She has a job requirement to fit the standard sample size clothing provided. If she cannot do so, she is unable to meet the (admittedly specious) requirements of her job.

Judging by the photos, she can still have an excellent career in the hoochie mama field.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 13, 2012 2:17 PM

It did always seem silly to me that those standards are so out of whack with what most people look like though. I guess these high end fashion shows are really catering to a very specific set of people and the rest of the world just participates voyeuristicly, but I'm pretty sure even most rich women aren't 5'11" and 110 pounds. (Is that even the right ballpark for those numbers?)

I guess it's just a world I don't understand. It's still fun to make jokes about it though.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 13, 2012 2:28 PM

That double-pic seems to be being beamed to us directly from JJ Abrams' dirtiest rape-by-lens-flare wet dreams.

Posted by: zeke the pig at February 13, 2012 2:29 PM

I'm a little more concerned about her legs, which appear to be turning into marble in that last photo.

Posted by: kushiro at February 13, 2012 2:33 PM

I'm going to need a closer inspection and detailed analysis of said buttock before I'm able to pronounce my judgment. I feel that it's only fair to everyone.

Posted by: admin at February 13, 2012 2:35 PM

Have to agree with Mrs. Julien here. Her job is to wear clothing of a specified size. If she can't do that she doesn't meet the job requirements. No-one forced her to choose this career path. She selected it when she entered the competition and it turns out she wasn't up to the job.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 13, 2012 2:36 PM

What Mrs. Julien said.

Posted by: mfg at February 13, 2012 2:40 PM

Socrates: They are glorified hangers. Models must be at least 5'7" and meet certain chest/waist/hip measurements to fit the garments they will wear in shows/print; otherwise, the amount of tailoring required before a show becomes prohibitive. I think size 6 is what is standard for samples; moreover, the more expensive the clothing, the smaller that size becomes. A size 8 at K-Mart and a size 8 at Bergdorf Goodman are two very different things.

As a rule, the women on the catwalk in Paris are not the women you see in Sports Illustrated. The women that do both are the exception rather than the rule.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 13, 2012 2:41 PM

Paying for her own trainer and stuff like that is pretty standard - an agent manages your career and provides advice - but you have to pay for everything to advance your career. (It's not like film agents pay for acting lessons for their clients)

Mrs. Julien is right. Some jobs have size requirements, however stupid, and if you can't fit into the clothes, you can't do the job.

It's also not entirely correct to say she was "fired" by her agency - they don't employ her. She was dropped. I think it's more an issue for her to take up with ANTM, if these are the proportions she had when she won.

Posted by: Sara Tonin at February 13, 2012 2:41 PM

@ PaddyDog and Mrs Julien: you both have an excellent point, but it's still more than a little screwed up that sample size clothing is so tiny that I'm wondering what or who the sample is for. That's not entirely the agency's fault, of course, but they seem to have no problem in perpetuating the status quo.

I'm not overweight and this woman fits in me about three times.

Posted by: Zirze at February 13, 2012 2:43 PM

She was dropped. She didn't get the entirity of her 'prize', which was a four-year contract. And why did they let her win, when she knew she didn't have the frame required? I do believe that some people simply cannot fulfill the stupendous requirements the fashion industry seems to like, she was too tall to meet the demands without getting unhealthy.

Elite didn't do their job in my opinion. They insufficiently tried to sell her, and now she has to pay the price. In my opinion, she won a price worth EUR 40.000,--, if Elite can't make her carreer happen, they should pay her a termination fee. It's only fair.

Posted by: Tim at February 13, 2012 2:51 PM

The samples are for the people who can fit in them. The production line items are for the stores.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 13, 2012 2:54 PM

I guess the only thing I can do at this point is express my sincere surprise that I don't have to be the one to come in and point out that she was terminated for practical rather than (directly) aesthetic reasons.

Oh, and opine that there are probably even less valid ways of making a living than modeling which wouldn't catch nearly as many snide comments.

Posted by: Eep at February 13, 2012 2:55 PM

Zirze
Sample clothing for runway shows is the same as fabulous young singles' apartments in sitcoms. They are there to sell an image that the viewer aspires to. They bear no relationship to reality. You would never really think a person working in a low level job could afford a beautiful one-bedroom with a view in Manhattan. Runway clothing is the same thing. It's pure aspirational fantasy.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 13, 2012 3:03 PM

Mrs. Julien,
Despite the implication of my initial comment, I do understand that the primary goal of these women is not to look hot, but to show off the clothes they are wearing. I also get that a model knows, or at least should know, that this is something that comes with the profession.

I''m coming from more or less the same place as Zirze. I don't really understand the market. Who is buying these clothes that are made to look best on a glorified coat hanger? Is it all expensive clothes for people with expensive tastes or are there lots of department store personnel looking to find their latest line? How well do the clothes translate to people who aren't of the "ideal" size? Honestly, industry professionals have almost certainly answered these questions for themselves, but it's a difficult thing to understand from the outside.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 13, 2012 3:04 PM

My brother had a size 34 waist; this broad knew the deal when she signed up. A piece of ass like that should have no problem with paying the bills.


And before all you gals get upset at me, that broad with her own free will signed up to get judged by others. This is a cold world and modeling is like the Kentucky Derby, you got to be a thoroughbred to compete. I’m not saying she can’t compete, she can, but if she does she has to get serious. A woman if she wants my entertainment dollar, must show me that she is willing to work for it.

Posted by: Pookie at February 13, 2012 3:05 PM

I read the headline with great excitement, thinking it would finally answer the question of "Why was Angelea disqualified."
I'm very disappointed that the great and powerful internet still hasn't answered that for me.

Posted by: BoatGirl at February 13, 2012 3:14 PM

I see the answers pretty much came while I was posting.

I don't really get the sitcom thing, because a sitcom isn't trying to sell me an apartment, but I suppose you could say the same for fresh cookie smells in a can or plastic fruit.

I guess I'll just say it's not my world and leave it at that.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 13, 2012 3:14 PM

Ass lipo during lunch break on the day before the cut off date could have saved her all the drama.

Maybe she's eyeing a lawsuit?

Posted by: haplo at February 13, 2012 3:15 PM

Yelly is right. That is Blake NotSoLively in the middle.

Posted by: rose at February 13, 2012 3:19 PM

There are women who model who don't fit the whole 32"-23"-35" on a 5'10" frame size requirements. They just don't model high fashion. She can still have a very nice career, it just won't be one that features her on the runway or pouting about languidly in the pages of Vogue.

Posted by: Genevieve at February 13, 2012 3:20 PM

That's how the industry works. I have a good good friend tests a small time designer, local shows, local shops. It's just how it works. And no one ever said the models were supposed to represent real women, I don't understand where that idea came from. They're there to show the clothes, like a living mannequin.

They're like circus performers, it's not natural to be a contortionist either.

Posted by: ZombieMedic at February 13, 2012 3:29 PM

Ok, just one more comment.

The gist of what I'm seeing here is that these things should be seen as more of an art show than product showcase.

Posted by: Socrates_Johnson at February 13, 2012 3:41 PM

Socrates Virtually no-one buys the runway clothes. Most of them are given away to the models, sometimes as fee-for-service in lieu of cash payment. When a person orders an item of clothing from the runway, it's typically made specifically for them to their measurements and altered to look better given the individual's proportions rather than what was seen on the runway. The stuff that gets onto the rails in the very high end shops has been altered radically to allow for the different proportions of an off-the-rack garment.
A good example of the individually tailored stuff would be Michele Obama. She is as tall as most models but although in good shape, she is bigger than them and has a much larger bum than the average model (who doesn't?). The clothes are tweaked and changed to suit her rather than what's seen on the runway.
Note: I'm not defending the fashion industry here. It's a vicious, shallow, abusive industry. But I have no quibble with not using a model who doesn't fit in the clothes because bottom line is: that's the job. The only requirements are to fit in the clothes and be able to walk upright in them.

Posted by: PaddyDog at February 13, 2012 3:42 PM

AAAAGH.

It may not be "common" to be sized like a runway model, but it is NATURAL, as there are women who NATURALLY fit those standards.

I don't think idealizing those standards is great, but they are not all unnatural, anymore than people who grow to be 400 lbs are unnatural.

I do agree that the model needs to be compensated in some way to get her prize - Elite could certainly make money from her, just perhaps not as a high fashion runway model.

Posted by: Sara Tonin at February 13, 2012 3:52 PM

PaddyDog, you and I have the same thoughts; those goddamn broads knew the score before they signed up for it. Tighten up those asses or look for work somewhere else.

Posted by: Pookie at February 13, 2012 3:54 PM

Ah, Mrs. Julien (swooooooon)

Pretty much #1 on my list of people I don't feel badly for are fashion models who decide to be fashion models, enter a fashion modeling contest, and then are expected to be fashion models.

Posted by: jon29 at February 13, 2012 3:59 PM

I agree with Zirze; this practice just doesn't make sense to me.

OK, models have size requirements so they can fit the clothing. I get that. But why are designers seeking women that look like this, to model their clothes? Why, in other words, do they set THOSE requirements? They're deliberately making haute couture exclusively for people who don't look like normal humans, and seeking models that don't look like normal humans. That, to me, is a bizarre disconnect.

The best explanation I can come up with is that the fashion world is insane anyhow. Think about it; clothing doesn't really need to change from year to year if it's functional. I have some clothes that I've had for years, and until they fray or wear down, I don't see a reason to replace them. There isn't a rational need for these new designs, and there isn't a rational need to worry about "this season's colors". So we're talking about an industry that's rooted in irrational consumption; a trend that exists... because it exists. It's existential bootstrapping.

New fabrics come along, sure, and new concepts, but largely, the fashion industry is in a continual state of re-invention to try to spur people to replace their completely functional clothes with newer ones. And that requires a bizarre (and completely shallow) obsession with appearance, maybe especially with unachievable appearance. I'm sure that designers want to encourage women to buy clothes that are too small for them, that they likely won't ever wear. So I suppose from that cynical and unsustainable point of view, it makes sense to use models that are unrealistically thin, to hawk clothes that people don't need, that would make them look silly anyhow even if they could fit in them.

Sigh.

Posted by: foolsage at February 13, 2012 4:01 PM

Existential Bootstrapping is my new band name.

(I don't have a band)

Posted by: MM at February 13, 2012 4:05 PM

Ok we really need to stop talking about the fact that high fashion models have to meet impossible standards.

Yes most women don't look like that.

No it is not a healthy image.

It isnt going away and complaining about it will not turn any important heads. AT ALL.

That being said, she went into modeling knowing what they demand in that industry. They do not make expetions. That is their business. Its the business of superficiality and you want it to make sense?

Come on.

Posted by: dinka at February 13, 2012 4:22 PM

Well, get one! And hire a counter-tenor. I hear they are all the rage.

(I don't know if I am using the term counter-tenor correctly).

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 13, 2012 4:25 PM

foolsage

New fabrics come along, sure, and new concepts, but largely, the fashion industry is in a continual state of re-invention to try to spur people to replace their completely functional clothes with newer ones.

Is this not every industry? Phones, computers, televisions, kitchenware, furniture, cars...

Posted by: Sara Tonin at February 13, 2012 4:38 PM

@ Sarah Tonin: Well, not every industry, surely. Apple sells new iPhones by innovating and improving them, in theory anyhow; not generally by releasing them in "this season's colors". New cars are frequently expected to get higher fuel economy, new computers are faster, new TVs have higher resolution and better brightness, and so on.

But with fashion... specifically haute couture... there's no focus on function whatsoever. There's no expectation that new clothes will ever in any meaningful sense be "better" than current clothes.

Posted by: foolsage at February 13, 2012 5:15 PM

Can one also get fired for being too big an ass? Evidence suggests in most fields, no.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at February 13, 2012 5:36 PM

Do you know how many winners of America's Next Top Model have been fired for the same reasons? Most of them. Adrianne Curry didn't even get to fulfill her contract because she was too muscular for the agency. The only surprising thing about this story is that it took this long for the bs about Top Model to come to the light.

Posted by: Robert at February 13, 2012 5:37 PM

Can one also get fired for being too big an ass? Evidence suggests in most fields, no.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at February 13, 2012 5:36 PM
_______


Not in some circles, in some circles it’s encouraged. If it were up to me, all women would be required to have a big ass or pay a fine.

Posted by: Pookie at February 13, 2012 5:49 PM

Honestly I still think she needs a cheeseburger.

Posted by: logan at February 13, 2012 6:10 PM

BoatGirl, I thought the same thing you did: the low-down on Angelea would finally be revealed! Oh well.
What I heard was that she blabbed about winning ANTM All Stars on her Facebook page before the final show aired. Don't know if it's actually true but I could see it happening.

Posted by: Lemon Poundcake at February 13, 2012 6:28 PM

I don't understand the problem.

Posted by: @Chrispeare at February 13, 2012 9:32 PM

*Cue up the sympathy soundtrack:*

Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em ...

42-39-56, you could say she got it allllllll ...

Fat-bottom girls, you make the rocking world go round ...
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C'mere, baby, forget what those mean people say and let me make it alll better ...

Posted by: , at February 13, 2012 11:05 PM

The best explanation I can come up with is that the fashion world is insane anyhow.
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Maybe gay men secretly loathe women. That could be your second-best explanation.

Posted by: , at February 13, 2012 11:26 PM

So the question really should be "Why is 'America's Next Top Model' even on?" I mean, this would be like "American Idol" winners not amounting to much or "The Apprentice" contestants ending up managing Burger Kings.

It's almost as if these "contests" exist solely for the perpetuation of the hosts' careers -- which have fallen to such levels that they must whore their names out and stand while idiots make fools of themselves!

Posted by: Fredo at February 13, 2012 11:49 PM

All that said, if Ms. Marchildon wants a second opinion on the size of her derriere, she can come ask me and I'll make sure red beans and rice don't miss her!

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Posted by: billionairefriends.com_date at February 14, 2012 3:47 AM

From what I understood of this recently, she actually has a natural hip width of what ever it was that's 3/4 of a inch too big. As in, her hip bones are that wide and she can lose all the weight she wants and be basically a skeleton and her hips will be too broad for them. Fuckin' bullshit, mang.

Posted by: Nadine at February 14, 2012 6:07 AM

wait a minute. I get the egg whites. I get the steamed vegetables and meat. Why unsalted nuts? Since when does salt contribute to a fat ass?

Posted by: John G. at February 14, 2012 12:18 PM

I can understand she doesn't meet the physical requirements of the work, as many of you are saying. But why did they let her win in the first place then?

Posted by: Sara at February 14, 2012 12:31 PM

That runway models are required to have standardized body proportions is a no-brainer. Why are they required to be so small? My guess would be so the clothes stand out, not the model´s body.

And by the way: That "grueling downsize program" imposed on her by her agency is pretty much exactly what I do, apart from the occasional feast, and I don´t earn my living from it.

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Posted by: Joey Rothgaber at March 4, 2012 9:50 AM