Victoria's Secret being shamed for not having plus-size or gender nonconforming runway models

This important controversy has been brewing for a few days, ever since an interview in Vogue went public and marketing guy Ed Razek went on record saying that Victoria’s Secret should have — but hasn’t — put a transgender or plus-size model in the brand’s fashion show, ever.

Now Mic is on it:

Since its first show in 1995, no plus-size, out transgender or gender nonconforming people have walked the @VictoriasSecret runway — ever. https://t.co/ekQjGUkg5g

— Mic (@mic) November 12, 2018

Check out what @Peppermint247, @GiaGunn, @ItsMeBillieLee, @FelicityHayward and more plus-size, transgender and gender nonconforming models and non-models have to say about @VictoriasSecret CMO Edward Razek's recent comments: https://t.co/t4twndPRzM pic.twitter.com/TD4qTYYll3

— Mic (@mic) November 12, 2018

This controversy is poised to tear America apart more than any election ever could:

okay and? ? https://t.co/VvQ3OCElK4

— alex (@theOGalexd) November 13, 2018

whats the issue here again? https://t.co/riYekbGy4Q

— aedonis. (@lordaedonis) November 13, 2018

What's the problem here? https://t.co/zFJ8rxnZVv

— Miraj™ (@mrnicewatch8) November 13, 2018

It’s called “How to run a successful business.” https://t.co/hIdEBqRhAO

— Bandwagon Vol (@BlakeStreetVols) November 13, 2018

Maybe because… it’s Victoria Secret… https://t.co/WCZ2QUy255

— dana (@dana__bug) November 13, 2018

Holy shit what a stupid article. https://t.co/6X2T5Omf7a

— Ben Remlinger (@BenGRemlinger) November 13, 2018

This is madness. If it was my business, I wouldn't either. Females make up the largest stake along with men buying for their partners. This tiny group speaks to nobody in their sales demographic. What a waste of time. I can never get back my time wasted reading this drivel.

— OM (@OzarksMedia) November 12, 2018

Don’t like the company? Go somewhere else. They aren’t there to please a single individual. It’s their company and they do as they please.

— Swaggé (@Mc2016Swagg) November 13, 2018

Maybe because the consumers don’t wanna see that shit? https://t.co/P8dOSDlt2a

— Herms (@nHerms42) November 13, 2018

That’s because they want to stay in business. ? https://t.co/b92StTaqkr

— Dave Claiborne (@DaveClaiborne2) November 13, 2018

VS has never made a product for men or transgender women. The left doesn’t have the right to force a company to make a product for them or include them, sorry.

— Linz G (@linz_gradski) November 13, 2018

Plus size is being lumped in with transgender??? https://t.co/yD9mTwtrFK

— Tommy Jackson (@TommyJa08001638) November 13, 2018

Men don't want to see unattractive women and other men modeling women's lingerie.

— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) November 13, 2018

Dont nobody wanna see that

— Carson P ? (@CarsonPerrine) November 12, 2018

If “everyone is beautiful” then how is modeling even a job? I mean couldn’t we all do it since we all look beautiful and then why pay people to maintain their physical beauty if all physical shapes and sizes are beautiful? Hmmm ??? https://t.co/JFWFRXULPP

— JewTangClan ?? (@TheBrodyy) November 13, 2018

As a small, semi-athletic man, I get it. The @NFL doesn’t want me as a part of their brand either. How dare a corporation have a successful vision for themselves and follow through with that.

— Brian Koontz (@Gonneedbout350) November 13, 2018

Related:

‘Whoa, a WOW story’: Trump administration to render 1.4 million transgendered people nonexistent https://t.co/zkENTJZqGS

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 23, 2018