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A large size model caused outrage after sharing a "secret" of the fashion industry in Tiktok.

The Norwegian model Karoline Bjornelykke, whose username on Tiktok is @coolquinn, published a video where she explains that sometimes she is expected to wear "stuffed" to appear in ads with clothes larger than its size.

Bjornelykke, 25, is considered a large model despite using the 10/12 size (EU 38/40), between two and three sizes smaller than the average British woman, whose dress size is 16.

But sometimes the brands that sell clothes from size 16 onwards, they hire it, he says in the video.

"If you have eyes, you can see that I am not that size," says the redhead model."So how do we solve this?"

Then shows the spectators a bag full of “filling”, which describes as a “fat suit in pieces”, and explains that it is expected to wear the pieces for photo sessions with largest clothing sizes.

Bjornelykke demonstrates how the filling places in a leather mesh suit that is used under the clothes that models, which makes it "look much bigger."

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But if that is not enough, continues, the stylists hold clothes with pins on the back to look more tight.

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"So, if clothes look very good from the front, it will probably look very bad in the back," he adds.

By explaining why this is the practice of the industry, Bjornellykke explains: "Because [brands] want the neck and face to look really thin and sharp, which not only creates unrealistic, but impossible standards."

She ends the video by suggesting that brands use genuinely large models for their photo sessions because "there are so many beautiful women of a large size out there."

The video, which has been seen almost 480,000 times, was a revelation for some of the model's fans, while others expressed anger and disappointment for the fashion industry.

"I just realized how many times I believed in this, ashamed of my gateway," admitted one person, while another added: "Jesus Christ, that is why I feel so badly in the shape of my face."

Another person commented that the industry "really hates large -sized models."A fourth person said: “This is very sad.Definitely, we are not yet at that point in regards to representation in that industry. ”

However, some people blamed Bjornelykke and models like her for accepting to take work first, accusing her of "contributing to the problem."

Bjornelykke explained that when he first signed with a model agency in New York, it was a contractual obligation to make such sessions.However, she no longer agrees with them because she believes that "it is ethically incorrect and does not desperately need money."

"But I don't think it is correct to blame the models, if a model rejects the work, another as she will accept it," he added.

“There is no way that all models collectively reject these works.Real power is in consumers (that's why I made this video, so that consumers can make better decisions), designers and casting directors. ”

"The models are at the base of the power pyramid."