Orange Is the New Black star Danielle Brooks was disappointed after tuning into America's Next Top Model and decided to call the show out for not having any plus-size women competing this season.
Brooks took to Instagram to voice her disappointment with the absence of curvy woman on the show.
“As a plus woman, being seen only 1 percent of the time is a real thing. Period. After watching #ANTM last night I was super excited to see my girl Ashley Graham, but bummed out not to see any plus contestants,” she wrote. “A curvy judge but no curvy contestants? Out of all 24 girls not one was plus.”
Brooks commended the show for it's diversity but noted that it needed something more beings that a large percentage of women in America are considered plus size.
“You had an Asian, African, a red head, transgender, an androgynous sister, even twins… but not one plus-size woman, when 67 percent of women are plus in the U.S.?” she continued. “This could’ve been a perfect opportunity for them to highlight fabulous designers that also do plus fashion or highlight strictly plus designers that rarely get any shine. They could’ve also highlighted the struggles that come with being plus. We could’ve at least gotten to 2 percent.”
The actress accompanied her post with an ad featuring several plus-size models including Graham and at the very top of the post made it clear that she was not bashing any group just pointing out what she saw, or didn't see for the matter, on the show.
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