Catwalk Queen: Ultimo model, Katie Green, hits out at Jourdan Dunn

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Ultimo model, Katie Green, hits out at Jourdan Dunn

Ultimo model, Katie Green, has lashed out at Jourdan Dunn, claiming that she is unhealthily thin. The unprovoked attack on the Model of the Year winner has reopened the size zero debate once again, with Katie blasting Jourdan by describing her as 'seriously underweight'.

"I think it is disgusting that Jourdan won [the award]. What kind of message does this send out to young girls, aspiring models and even us normal women?" she told The Sun.

Refusing to mince her words, the underwear model added: "At a size 12 and 5ft 10in I am at the bottom of a healthy body mass index, so if I had lost any weight when asked I would have become medically underweight. I want to march Jourdan down to her local restaurant and shovel some food down her throat."

And she didn't stop there. Hear what Katie has to say about the British Fashion Council (BFC)after the jump...

Katie's tirade continued by accusing the BFC of promoting eating disorders.

"I think it's thoughtless that the British Fashion Council would crown a stick-thin rake as their Model of the Year. It's almost like they are asking for young girls to have eating disorders," she said.

As the current face and body of Ultimo, Katie made headlines in October when she turned her back on a lucrative contract with Wonderbra after she was asked to shed two pounds.

"Ultimo would never consider hiring a girl of her size. It's a shame other companies cannot follow suit. I'd prefer to not be named model of the year if it means being this unhealthily thin."

I'm all for curves on our catwalks and in our ads and magazines, but I fail to see how these insensitive comments made by Katie address the issue. Not only is it offensive to Jourdan, but to anyone else who happens to be naturally slim. Likewise a misunderstanding of a person's physique is never an excuse to verbally bash them. I applaud Katie for standing up for herself, but lambasting a fellow model in the press does little to retain one's credibility or build a solid argument.

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Posted by Kimberley Foster on December 18, 2008 1:30 PM in CQ's Hot Topic| Model news
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While I agree with KG's sentiment, I also agree with Kimberly's assesment that she went about it the wrong way. My mother raised her children with the knowledge that we could say whatever we wanted opinion wise, but we had to make sure that we were polite in the way we said it.

I do think that the fashion industry world wide puts too strong an emphasis on skinny mini models. It is most definately bad for women's self esteem both young and old to see nothing but pin thin ladies on the runways and in the magazines. While I am sure that we will never see the banishment of these human coat hangers, it would be nice to see an assortment of shapes and sizes in the mags and on the runways.

We are all sisters in womanhood (as cheesy as that sounds)and I think that it behooves us to consider the serious effect fashion has on our youngest memebers. My neice who is about to turn 7, loves fashion. She looks at the pictures in the magaines and tries to emulate what she see in her own wardrobe choices. Last weekend when we were going off on one of our little dates, she asked me if I thought she was getting fat. I nearly cried. When I inquired why she felt this way, she said that her tummy wasn't flat like the girls in the pictures. She said that you can see their hip bones but that she can't see her's. Fortunately I had a reasonable, medically based explanation for her that she found acceptable .... yet I wonder, how long will that be good enough. Is she going to start emforcing a diet for herself soon.

So, let's just try for a good mix of examples for our little girls to look up to and not that once a year article on how to look good in a swim suit no matter your size, where the "plus size" girls are a size 6 american. 6 is not a plus size!

Posted by: a2weimers | December 18, 2008 3:50 PM

putting any images of aspirational women out there is in some way detrimental to the way in which another woman looks at her own body. I bet just as many women would feel insecure about their weight, boobs, bum whatever after seeing images of katie just as they would jourdan.

Posted by: rach | December 18, 2008 5:50 PM

Isn't Jourdan 16? Teenagers are often naturally that thin. Remember how small Tyra Banks was when she first started modeling?

Posted by: Jael | December 19, 2008 12:32 AM

Well it is harsh to only single out Jourdan. Jourdan is a model that is striking - it is her face/looks that stand out. Katie just seems to blend in and look like an 'everyday' type of model. I feel quite sad she has to slag off her fellow colleague in such a harsh manner - just seems to scream attention seeker.
Perhaps she should learn from Erin O'Connor: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article2381798.ece

Posted by: Jen | December 19, 2008 7:43 PM

"Shove some food right down her throat"? THIS WOMAN IS DISGUSTING! How fucking cruel!
And this is what America wants to see as aspirational?!

Posted by: Kathleen | December 27, 2008 5:41 PM