With one fashion show last week, Bridget Malcolm went from relatively unknown Australian model to household name.
That’s what walking the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show in your underwear with the likes of Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid will do.
And now Malcolm has hit out at those shaming her on social media for being skinny.
Today she posted a message for all the haters on Instagram, alongside a picture of her in a crop top and exercise leggings.
“Can we STOP with the skinny shaming please?” she asked her 165,000 followers.
“I am extremely fit and healthy and am not in the slightest way anorexic.”
A photo posted by Bridget Malcolm (@bridgetmalcolm) on Nov 17, 2015 at 6:27am PST
“I have worked hard to look like this and am proud of my body. I may not be the curviest but I am a woman who has every right to look the way I do.
“Maybe today take a look inside yourself and wonder why you feel the need to shame strangers over the internet about their bodies. Peace and love to you all – let’s change the conversation.”
Malcolm – the global face of Polo Ralph Lauren – regularly posts photos of her in bikinis or underwear and has received harsh comments from followers regarding her thin frame.
But the WA-born model told several Australian media outlets last week that preparing for her first Victoria’s Secret show took a lot of dedication.
She said she upped her workouts to twice a day and “worked on” what she was eating from three months before the show.
Sounds exhausting. We really hope “working on what you are eating” also means eating. lots. of. food…
And, if you missed it, this is what happens when you ask a Victoria’s Secret model a ‘stupid’ question about food…
Top Comments
God, she is so clearly anorexic. This is ridiculous. I have worked clinically with anas and she is so tiny, her BMI must be not more than 14-15. This needs to stop. We need to bring in worldwide laws that women with BMI less than 18 can't work in modelling, this is NOT what a healthy woman looks like, stop bullshitting us that you are eating lots when you are clearly working out obsessively and hardly eating any food at all. VS are a sham, they wouldn't use Gigi Hadid until she lost a lot more weight and all their models are so so skinny. This isn't skinny shaming, this is common sense.
God, she is so clearly fat. This is ridiculous. I have worked clinically with obese people and she is huge, her bmi must be greater than 30. This needs to stop. We need to bring in worldwide laws that women with a bmi greater than 21 can't work in modelling, this is not what a healthy woman looks like, stop bullshitting us that your eating less when you are clearly couch obsessed and eating the entire kitchen every day. VS are a sham, they wouldn't use Robyn Lawley until she gained a lot more weight and all their models are so so fat. This isn't fat shaming, this is common sense.
Not so nice when the shoe is on the other foot. Fat people can lament they are fat shamed so let skinny people do the same no matter the reason for their weight.
Good on her! I totally understand people wanting diversity in this fashion show (me too!) but I hate how it has somehow become totally ok to judge people who choose to be healthy and watch what they eat. And if that person also happens to be a genetically smaller person- watch out!!
If this was an article about an overweight/unhealthy person you wouldn't see a comment saying "Sounds exhausting. We really hope “working on what you are eating” means portion control and avoiding junk food."
That last statement about Malcolm working on what she eats is horrible! Of course my scathing comment about it was deleted, so that just says it all really.