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Victoria's Secret revealed why they don't cast transgender and plus-size models
Cosmo via Yahoo ^ | November 10th, 2018 | Laura Capon

Posted on 11/10/2018 12:09:45 PM PST by Mariner

On Thursday night, Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid were just some of the models who walked the catwalk in their lingerie for the 2018 Victoria's Secret show.

While Victoria's Secret has previously praised themselves for championing diversity by including models of different ethnicities. The brand has faced heavy criticism for their frankly archaic view, when it comes to both plus-size and transgender models.

In a time when the likes of Tess Holliday and Ashley Graham have graced the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue. And Giuliana Farfalla and Valentina Sampaio made history with their Playboy and Vogue covers, you would think that Victoria's Secret would want to move with the times.

However, in a new interview, Chief Marketing Officer, Ed Razek, has revealed why the brand refuse to cast transgender and plus-size models in their shows.

In an interview with Vogue, Razek defended his "brand point of view" by first saying that he had considered putting both transgender and plus models in the show. However, he hadn't because,"we market who we sell to, and we don't market to the whole world".

Going on to defend his decision Razek said, "we attempted to do a television special for plus-sizes [in 2000]. No one had any interest in it, still don’t."

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: bakethecake; corporateliberalism; duh; feminazism; lavendermafia; victoriassecret
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1. They don't make products for men trying to be women, or for women over 150lbs.

2. They are smart enough to know that at least 1/2 of their market is men buying for their hot girlfriend.

3. They are also smart enough to know that adopting obese women and men pretending to be women as models will absolutely destroy their business model and their business.

Soon they'll be derided like the NRA.

1 posted on 11/10/2018 12:09:45 PM PST by Mariner
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I hate it when people apologize for telling the truth.


2 posted on 11/10/2018 12:11:39 PM PST by LydiaLong
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Their main clients are women who want to look and feel sexy.
Second is men who want their women to look and feel sexy.

The Bush Rule: “Pissing off your Base is a Bad Idea”


3 posted on 11/10/2018 12:13:59 PM PST by Zathras
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To: Mariner

The same people who will suddenly like you for being politically correct are the same that will stab you in the back a moment later. Who needs them.


4 posted on 11/10/2018 12:15:08 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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worthless thread without pics

Blond on the right is almost too thinn

5 posted on 11/10/2018 12:19:13 PM PST by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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Because they have seen tranny and plus size (fat) models, that’s why.


6 posted on 11/10/2018 12:21:01 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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"we market who we sell to, and we don't market to the whole world"


So profoundly simple.


I gott'a think about this a little, but we could word this to be like;

We are America for Americans

7 posted on 11/10/2018 12:22:44 PM PST by knarf
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They are smart enough to know that at least 1/2 of their market is men buying for their hot girlfriend.

Or so the men claim ...

8 posted on 11/10/2018 12:33:38 PM PST by IronJack
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To: bigbob

nobody wants to want a transvestite.
and men, don’t want really want obese and fat women... or vice versa.

it’s true, it’s real and it cannot be PC’d into a new reality or paradigm for humanity. Biological FACT. Though the demon possessed gender deviants go into a murderous rage over it, one will never never be a “real” girl if they are actually surgically altered and medicated male, nor will one ever be a girl, when they are in fact the size of two or more “girls” put together.

The non bell curvers may go extinct before they realize it but, Size matters, and gender matters to real women and men. so get back in the closet... with your disorder... or go to conversion therapy.

ugly fat old men do not look good in black lace.


9 posted on 11/10/2018 12:34:29 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (Imho)
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Yep - They have a right to conduct business as they see fit - and I have the right to ogle the models. Ain’t America great?!


10 posted on 11/10/2018 12:34:43 PM PST by TomServo
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The blonde on the left looks good, the others though could really use a few cheeseburgers


11 posted on 11/10/2018 12:40:14 PM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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frankly archaic view,


“archaic”—is that what thinking men can’t be women is?


12 posted on 11/10/2018 12:50:23 PM PST by hanamizu
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I am surprised a “couple” hasn’t sued V.S. because they won’t back them A cake.


13 posted on 11/10/2018 12:54:36 PM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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Because no one wants to see that.

Next question.

14 posted on 11/10/2018 12:55:35 PM PST by riri
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I am surprised a “couple” hasn’t sued V.S. because they won’t BAKE them A cake.


15 posted on 11/10/2018 12:55:57 PM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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I bet barely any lefties will protest this but when Trump banned trannys from the military the left lost their minds. I guess they forgot or just choose to ignore that it was a tranny that committed the largest security breach in US military history who Obama BTW proceeded to reward with a pardon.


16 posted on 11/10/2018 12:57:13 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
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The Left ruins EVERYTHING.


17 posted on 11/10/2018 1:02:35 PM PST by jimfree (My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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Al Bundy carpools in "Victoria's Big Secret."


18 posted on 11/10/2018 1:07:59 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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They all look skinny and pretty week.


19 posted on 11/10/2018 1:12:58 PM PST by atc23 (Votante Blanco)
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To: qam1

A few cheeseburgers and maybe some squats.. a little weight trainging can’t hurt.


20 posted on 11/10/2018 1:13:00 PM PST by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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