Anorexic model Inga Radziejewski was turned away for being “too fat”
By ANISunday, January 31, 2010
LONDON - Former catwalk model Inga Radziejewski has revealed how she was turned away by the fashion industry for being ‘too fat’ - despite being a size 00.
The 5ft 11 stunner said she reduced herself to a mere seven stone in the grip of anorexia that left her on the verge of organ failure.
“I was incredibly skinny but at fittings for designers like Christian Dior the clothes were so small that even though I was anorexic, I still struggled to get in them - despite my measurements being 27in chest, 21in waist and 27.5in hips,” the Mirror quoted her as saying.
She continued: “At one job for a German TV channel I overheard a casting director say, ‘She has got a too-big ass.’ I was already very skinny, but it made me even more determined to stay slim and I found every reason not to eat. At my worst I was eating just half an apple a day and drinking lots of peppermint tea with brown sugar and I still thought I would get fat.”
Ing, who walked the ramp for Christian Dior, Miss Sixty, H and M and Benetton and had a part in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, returned to a healthy size 12 and weighing 10st 9lbs after seeking treatment.
She added: “I know that my career in high fashion is now over and part of me is sad about that, but if I hadn’t gone into rehab, the cost would have been a lot higher. I could have died.
“Last year was the toughest and hardest of my life and often I hoped I would just die. But now I’m with a new agency called Models of Diversity who have supported me and I’m getting work as a normal model. At first it was hard to get used to my new figure, I hated looking in the mirror and thought I looked terrible.
“But I’m happy I pulled through and I think I look great.” (ANI)
