SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 20: Victoria's Secret models Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Jasmine Tookes, Josephine Skriver, Lais Ribeiro, Lily Aldridge, Martha Hunt, Romee Strijd, Sara Sampaio, Stella Maxwell, Taylor Hill, Aiden Curtiss, Alanna Arrington, Alecia Morais, Alexina Graham, Amilna Estevao, Barbara Fialho, Bella Hadid, Blanca Padilla, Bruna Lirio, Cindy Bruna, Daniela Braga, Devon Windsor, Dilone Altagracia, Estelle Chen, Frida Aasen, Georgia Fowler, Gizele Oliveira, Grace Bol, Grace Elizabeth Harieth, Jourdana Phillips, Karlie Kloss, Kelly Gale, Lameka Fox, Leila Nda, Leomie Anderson, Liu Wen, Maggie Lane, Maria Borges, Megan Williams, Ming Xi, Nadine Leopold, Roosmarijn De Kok, Samile Bermannelli, Sanne Vloet, Sui He, Vanessa Moody, Victoria Lee, Xiao Wen, Xin Xie and Zuri Tibby pose backstage during 2017 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show In Shanghai at Mercedes-Benz Arena on November 20, 2017 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)
Victoria’s Secret has apologized for insensitive comments about transgender models.
In an interview with Vogue Magazine, Ed Razek, the company’s chief marketing officer, said that the company’s annual shows were “a fantasy” and should not include transgender models. Razek, who’s part of the casting team, said that he had “considered” putting transgender and plus-sized models in the show, but had not as the company “did not market to the whole world.”
Today, the company run by a 70-year-old man and owned by an 80-year-old one came under fire for its controversial views.
Following the backlash, the company and Razek released a statement.
It read, “To be clear, we absolutely would cast a transgender model in our show. We’ve had transgender models come to castings… And like many others, they didn’t make it.”
“It was never about gender,” Razek added. He said that about an issue where gender is literally in one of the keywords.
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