Embarrassed American Apparel Agrees To Meet With Nancy Upton, Plus-Size Model Contest Winner

Nancy Upton plus size American Apparel photos

Earlier this week, we enjoyed a delightful "open letter" from Iris Alonzo, creative director of American Apparel, to Nancy Upton, the Dallas woman who won the company's plus-size model contest by spoofing the nature of the contest. Iris Alonzo was not amused that the lovely Nancy Upton bested the competition with her hilarious pics in which she posed laying in a bathtub of ranch dressing and indulgently squeezing chocolate syrup in her mouth. Iris Alonzo was also not amused about the piece Nancy Upton wrote for The Daily Beast entitled "My Big Fat Photo Spoof," which explained her actions: because American Apparel was "co-opting the mantra of plus-size empowerment and glazing it with its unmistakable brand of female objectification." Why, the company was so hopping mad it told Nancy Upton they would be giving the prize to someone else. "While you were clearly the popular choice," she wrote, "we have decided to award the prizes to other contestants that we feel truly exemplify the idea of beauty inside and out, and whom we will be proud to have representing our company." Harsh.

We posted Iris Alonzo's open letter (sent to us via email) on Wednesday and urged readers to write. I have no idea of knowing how many of you did write her, but one Frisky reader got in touch to say she heard back from American Apparel's creative director. We've got their email exchange after the jump!

Source: http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-embarrassed-american-apparel-agrees-to-meet-with-nancy-upton-plus-size-/?eref=RSS

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