Model Chrissy Teigen hates Forever 21 with a passion. No, it's not because their clothes shrink at the first site of humidity or fall apart at the seams during an especially aggressive bachata. Teigen hates them because they once fired her for being too "fat."
"I actually was fired from a job. Forever 21," revealed Teigen during an interview with DuJour magazine. "They asked me if they could take a photo and they shoot that photo off to my agency, who then calls me as I'm sitting in the makeup chair. And they say, 'You need to leave right now. They just said you are fat and you need to come get your measurements taken.' So I hate you, Forever 21. Hate you so much. Honestly, you're the worst."
On August 5, 2012, she even tweeted: "So next time you pass a Forever 21, remember the fact that they are a bunch of a–holes who fired me mid-makeup for being fat."
Something tells me the person responsible for firing Teigen is off eating a healthy helping of crow somewhere. In the years since the firing, Teigen has moved on to bigger and better things, such as landing the cover of Sports Illustrated's 50th anniversary edition, marrying oh-so-sweet John Legend (who wrote "All of Me" for Teigen, by the way), and eating any-and-everything her heart desires as a guest host on MTV's new cooking show Snack Off. All things considered, it's clear Teigen has always been too big for Forever 21, but just not in the way they thought.
Here are a few other perfectly flawless mujeres who've proven their body bashers wrong and are laughing all the way to the bank:
Image via SI.com
Jennifer Lopez
In the Winter 2013 issue of Cosmo for Latinas, Jennifer Lopez revealed her enviable assets weren't always appreciated. "When I first started on television [as a Fly Girl on In Living Color], people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes," shared Jennifer. "But you have to stand up and say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am, you’re the one with the problem!’ And when you can really believe that, all of a sudden other people start believing too.” Hells, yeah!
Shakira
At one point in her life, famous hip-shaker Shakira prayed for smaller caderas. “All through my 20s I spent more time worrying what I didn’t have than thinking about what I did," Shakira told UK's Fabulous in 2010. "I wished I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.” Why would anyone want to mess with perfection?
Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek swears she went through an awkward stage early in her career. "I was fat and broken out, I couldn't leave the house and I couldn't pay the rent!" Hayek confessed in an 2012 interview with Lucky magazine. She credits director and friend Alfonso Cuaron with giving her the motivation she needed to change her reflection. "[Cuaron] did not play it down, he did not try to say, oh you look fine. He said you can't do this to yourself and taught me to meditate, relax. I got myself back together!"
Jennifer Lawrence
Like Teigan, Jennifer Lawrence was made to believe she had to be super thin to land and keep a job. "Somebody told me I was fat, that I was going to get fired if I didn’t lose a certain amount of weight," explaiend Lawrence in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK last year. "They brought in pictures of me where I was basically naked, and told me to use them as motivation for my diet. It was just that. They thought that because of the way my career had gone, it wouldn’t still hurt me."
Demi Lovato
Rumor has it Simon Cowell wanted Demi Lovato to lose some weight during her stint on the X-Factor. "Simon doesn’t expect Demi to be supermodel skinny, but he does want her to look like she’s in shape,” stated an X-factor insider. “He’s set a weight-loss goal of 20 lbs. for Demi and asked her to work hard on it through the spring and summer.” Seems like Lovato really didn't care about Cowell's unsolicited weight-loss advice. She didn't change a single thing about herself.
Sofia Vergara
Early in her career career, Sofia Vergara was encouraged to lose weight to further her career. “So, somebody told me, ‘You have to lose weight because… in the pictures, you’re gonna look better, ’” she's admited. “So I told her, ‘Yeah, they might look better in pictures, but I look better naked.’” Best. Comeback. Ever!
Rosario Dawson
Rosario Dawson once recounted how her manager would beg her to wear formfitting and revealing clothing to auditions to land a part. “I would get told by my manager, ‘Rosario, you went into your audition with sweats today. If you want to wear a sweater, just make sure it’s tight.’ Because the casting directors would call her and say, ‘She’s great but the casting director needs to know if she’s slim.’ I’m like, ‘Dude, have you seen the photos I’ve done? You know what I look like.’” Yeah, and we also know that, no matter what Rosario wears, she looks damn near flawless.
