People told me I am fat: Tyra Banks
IANS [ Fri, May 18, 2012 ]
- Los Angeles, May 19 (IANS) Super-model Tyra Banks says she used to get letters saying she was too fat.
"When I was a model I was a four (size 4) and then I started to become curvy and became a six and I got so many letters saying I was way too big and fashion designers were telling me I was fat. My mom got letters from designers saying they are not going to hire me anymore," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Banks as saying.
The 38-year-old added: "This is a really big deal as it's been an unspoken rule in my opinion that the fashion industry says it's OK to be as skinny as you can just as long as you can walk and you don't faint."