Supermodel Speaks Out Against Sexual Harassment In The Fashion Industry

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SEXISM BEHIND THE SCENES

A picture is worth a thousand words — but none of them capture the ugliness that goes on behind the scenes. We're surrounded by photos of women's bodies in various states of undress, but how often do we wonder if these photos were published consensually?

For the thousands of woman who work in the fashion industry, there's often a pressure to strip naked for shoots — regardless of the agreements they may have previously made with the photographers. That is precisely what happened to Victoria's Secret model Sara Sampaio after she posed for the French magazine Lui.