Victoria’s Secret slammed for allegedly retouching lingerie model’s curves away
October 8, 2015 by admin
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NEW YORK – Victoria’s Secret’s “Truly. Madly. Cheeky” lingerie ads have some social media users getting red in the face at the global brand for allegedly airbrushing the already thin model’s curves away.
The comment section below the VS photo in question has dozens of comments like, “Horrible, horrible photoshopping. Completely unnecessary, Victoria’s Secret. Wishing you would learn from Aerie. Yes another reason I (along with MANY others) will never shop from you guys…Times are changing; it’s time you guys caught up. #NotBuyingIt.”
It’s not just consumers ‘not buying it.’ Model Molly Fletcher told FOX411 she laughed when she saw the image.
“This photo actually made me laugh the first time I saw it. There’s light retouching that usually happens on all photos which is understandable, however, this goes way too far.” Fletcher added the image “isn’t even about representing an attainable size, it’s more like a really poor retouching job.”
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But Craig Lawrence, President of ONE.1Management, disagrees with the photo’s critics. “The photo does not look retouched as the girl does not look too thin,” Lawrence said. “I think the photo is very alluring and sexy, which is what VS is trying to achieve.”
Lawrence defends the VS’s fantasy image against claims that the brand should use more “real, curvier” models.
“VS has always been, and will always be about fantasy. As much as lingerie companies are following the trend, and are featuring curvier girls, VS has been one of the brands to use girls that are very relevant in high fashion.”
Robert Casey, President of Maggie Inc, says the photo indeed has poor photoshopping, but does not agree that VS has to change their marketing strategy.
“There are plenty of lingerie companies that depict a range of sizes in their advertising; the lingerie market has been one of the first and most successful areas of the industry for curvy models,” he said. “Victoria’s Secret’s entire brand is fantasy, and they’ve been wildly successful as a result.”
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Diana Falzone is a FoxNews.com reporter. You can follow her on Twitter @dianafalzone.
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Second Sex Video Featuring Costa Rica Lingerie Model Emerges
October 8, 2015 by admin
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Source; Karolina Brenes Facebook
Karolina Brenes, a shapely lingerie model from Costa Rica, recently posted a Facebook update explaining that she was not aware of the existence of a second intimate video was extracted from a stolen smartphone and shared across online social networks.
As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star in late September, Ms. Brenes addressed her Facebook followers with two updates: one explaining that she was concerned about a video she made for her husband about a year ago; the second update explained that she was not ashamed about what that first video showed.
In the first video, Ms. Brenes appears by herself; she stimulates her genitalia with the aid of a vibrating device shaped as an erect phallus, and she pleases herself to climax. She eventually posted a selfie that shows her smiling and holding the vibrator in question.
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The second video, which is virally being shared across various social networks, appears to be another masturbatory session; however, comments left by social media netizens who have watched both videos suggest that the second one is of greater intensity, and that Ms. Brenes seems to be very fond of her phallic sex toy.
Once the second video emerged, Ms. Brenes returned to Facebook and posted the following:
I did not know there was a second video, but my smartphone was stolen and thus it is possible that more things will come out. I think discussing this issue is tiresome, and I really don’t care what people say. I don’t think it is weird that a woman would gift such things to her spouse, and if people watch it and share it, they do it to harm me. If people privately download the videos and watch them is because they enjoy them.
Ms. Brenes used to be one of the top glamour models on the lingerie show circuit in Costa Rica. These are not fashion shows per se; they are mostly staged for the entertainment of fans who enjoy seeing curvaceous women walk around in sexy undergarments. A few months ago, Ms. Brenes married a businessman from a wealthy Alajuela family; she no longer appears in lingerie shows.