Black Model Looks Like A Monkey?
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8/11/2008 | 0 Comments 
One of Britain's top model, black beauty Jasmia Robinson has her own share of discrimination in the modeling industry as she revealed how a fashion agent once said that she looked like a monkey.
The 21-year old model added that she was “horrified and sickened” by the monkey jibe during a modeling audition, which had also rejected her.
In her words, “I was the only black model there. One of the people running the casting said to my agent that I looked like a monkey.”
Though jibed as a monkey, Jasmia Robinson remained confident of her looks. Her beauty has helped her win the runner-up title of Britain’s Next Top Model.
As to the discrimination of black models, however, the young model believed that modeling agencies were not doing enough to recruit talent from ethnic minorities.
She said, “There is even less opportunity if you are a young black girl. People at the agencies still categorize me as a black model. I am a model, not a black model.”
The 21-year old model added that she was “horrified and sickened” by the monkey jibe during a modeling audition, which had also rejected her.In her words, “I was the only black model there. One of the people running the casting said to my agent that I looked like a monkey.”
Though jibed as a monkey, Jasmia Robinson remained confident of her looks. Her beauty has helped her win the runner-up title of Britain’s Next Top Model.
As to the discrimination of black models, however, the young model believed that modeling agencies were not doing enough to recruit talent from ethnic minorities.
She said, “There is even less opportunity if you are a young black girl. People at the agencies still categorize me as a black model. I am a model, not a black model.”
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