Lisa Omorodion calls out AMVCA for discriminating plus sized women

Nollywood actress, film producer and entrepreneur, Lisa Omorodion, has taken to her Instagram page to call out AMVCA organisers for discriminating against plus-sized women.

“At the just concluded Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) award show, not one plus-size woman made it to the best-dressed list,” the actress writes on her Instagram page.

According to the actress, the fashion world doesn’t recognise plus size women and they make up most of the clothing market.

[bctt tweet=”It is very disheartening that in Africa, where women are naturally curvaceous, we continue to discriminate against plus size women ” username=”LisaOmorodion”]

The actress who is best known for her lead role in the 2013 movie First Cut, alongside Joseph Benjamin and Monalisa Chinda has taken to her Instagram page to write extensively about her grievances concerning this.

“The Fashion Industry creates a fantasy world of what women are supposed to wear,” writes the actress, “and sadly a lot of women struggle to fit into this,” she continues.

“This fantasy world always excludes curvy and plus size women, even though the fashion industry continues to laud itself as democratic in the era of Social media and gender equality.

“This is even made more obvious when the best-dressed lists always exclude plus size women.

“At the just-concluded Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) award show, not one plus-size woman made it to the best-dressed list. Are style and best-dressed list the preserve of only slim/ skinny women?

“We have to do better. The global Plus-size Fashion Industry is worth a whopping 20billion dollars, with an annual growth rate of about twice the total clothing market. Do the math!
That represents $20billion worth of buying power. The inclusion of all women in the fashion industry is the way forward. Only then can we say Fashion is truly democratic. To all the plus size women, you are beautiful, stylish, fabulous and worthy of every Best Dressed List #plussizematters #Amvca7 #amvca2020,” Lisa says.

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