New Miss London, a size 12 model, was repeatedly turned away from modeling agencies for being “too big.”

“I have tried to get into modelling,” she said. “But I have been turned away as I’m apparently too big to be a regular model. I’ve been told I’m too fat and I need to lose weight. One agent told me I would have to work hard to achieve the gaunt look he was after.

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For perspective, the model below Alice Burdeu is a size 2 (U.S.), and is “big” compared to the size 0’s that have been walking catwalks around the world for the last several years.

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