Why Are We Still Failing Black Models In 2019? - Refinery29

At five foot three inches tall, Vanessa Ohenlen has defied the odds to become a model and influencer. Despite snide remarks about her height on shoots, she graced her first cover, Beauty Papers, in September 2018 and recently starred in FKA twigs' AVANTgarden zine. She tells me about the troubles she has faced in the industry. "Ordinarily when you have issues you should be able to email your agency and let them know of any problems, but when I would email and I would get a reply three days later, they weren’t supportive. I felt as though I wasn’t being pushed. All the white women were being put forward for jobs. It was like they wanted diversity and yet it wasn’t being backed up." She adds: "I did an editorial with another white model from my agency and when the pictures came out our agencies posted the photos, but mine were hidden. I felt as though I wasn’t a priority." The stress has impacted her mental health, she tells me.

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Fashion Nova’s Paradise-Themed Shirt Sparks Controversy - CBS Sacramento

PARADISE (CBS13) — A shirt depicting a burning house with the words “this must be Paradise” reportedly on sale on Fashion Nova’s website has sparked controversy in Northern California.

The Butte County town of Paradise was destroyed six months ago in the devastating Camp Fire, which killed 86 people.

On Friday, CBS affiliate Action News Now in Chico reported a viewer sent the link to the shirt on the company’s website, which was on sale for $16.98. The viewer said she was “personally appalled.”

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Action News Now reached out to Fashion Nova and they said the t-shirt was created before the Camp Fire happened and they took it down after the fire broke out. A Fashion Nova representative told Action News a glitch in the system made the shirt live again on their website.

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The company has now removed the t-shirt from the website and they said they were not trying to profit off the tragedy.

Fashion Nova also provided the station with purchase orders from June 2018, showing the shirts were ordered and meant to ship months before the Camp Fire started in November 2018.

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