If there was ever a case of bad decisions coming back to haunt you, this would be it. The internet never forgets, and a woman who was due to pose as a cover model for Cosmo has been given the boot for her shots wearing racist ‘White Lives Matter’ merch.
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Victoria Fuller is a contestant on the US Bachelor, and won herself a spot on the digital cover of Cosmopolitan’s March issue after winning a challenge that involved modelling in swimsuits next to The Bachelor. Because nothing says true love and staying power like the ability to pose in swimmers together.
I’ll admit it’s still better than the chocolate bath, but I digress.
Once Fuller was announced as the winner, the internet quickly dug up pictures of her modelling for a brand that has shirts with “White Lives Matter” written across the back. There are also hats with “WLM” written on them, and another shirt with the confederate flag printed across the back, with the stars subbed out for little marlin silhouettes.
The marlins are important, because Fuller’s defence is that the brand is actually about white marlin conservation, and therefore “White Lives Matter” is just a harmless fish joke.
Which only just might be an argument if the Confederate flag wasn’t involved. Overall though, it’s impossible to ignore the political climate in the USA at the moment, there was absolutely no way this wasn’t deliberate.
In a letter written by Cosmopolitan’s Editor-in-Chief, Jessica Pels, Cosmo made no secret of where they stand and why they made the choice to pull the cover.
“Unequivocally, the White Lives Matter movement does not reflect the values of the Cosmo brand. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and any cause that fights to end injustices for people of color.”
Victoria Fuller hasn’t commented on the incident yet.
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