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Make Me A Supermodel star Jen Hunter has decided to quit her model agency because she is too big.
Cape London Model Management signed the 24-year-old after she refused to slim down when judges in the Channel Five series accused her of being fat.
The size 12 model scored deals with Nokia and Avon since being crowned top girl in the show, but has now switched to an agency for larger women after repeatedly being turned down for work.
She said: "I'm grateful to the Cape Model agency for taking me on when other agencies wouldn't. They secured me some great contracts.
"However, they are a mainstream agency and when I went into castings I saw very few size 12 models and came up against the same old prejudice. I just didn't feel comfortable so I decided to change to Excel Models which is a plus size agency."
The Wigan-born star has become a poster girl for the Size Zero debate since the 2006 show, during which judges including model Rachel Hunter described her as "fat, lazy and greedy".
Cape London Model Management signed the 24-year-old after she refused to slim down when judges in the Channel Five series accused her of being fat.
The size 12 model scored deals with Nokia and Avon since being crowned top girl in the show, but has now switched to an agency for larger women after repeatedly being turned down for work.
She said: "I'm grateful to the Cape Model agency for taking me on when other agencies wouldn't. They secured me some great contracts.
"However, they are a mainstream agency and when I went into castings I saw very few size 12 models and came up against the same old prejudice. I just didn't feel comfortable so I decided to change to Excel Models which is a plus size agency."
The Wigan-born star has become a poster girl for the Size Zero debate since the 2006 show, during which judges including model Rachel Hunter described her as "fat, lazy and greedy".
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