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American Apparel Plus-Size Model Winner Dramz!

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The voters have spoken and crowned American Apparel's first plus-size model! Unfortunately, the winner was stripped of her title almost immediately!

Here's why:

A writer at the Daily Beast decided to have fun with the model search by submitting ridiculous pictures of herself as a joke. Nancy Upton ended up winning, but AA decided they won't be awarding her the grand price.

American Apparel's creative directive Iris Alonso wrote in a long-winded open letter:

"Oh — and regarding winning the contest, while you were clearly the popular choice, we have decided to award the prizes to other contestants that we feel truly exemplify the idea of beauty inside and out, and whom we will be proud to have representing our company."

Ouch.

What do U think of AA's decision???

[Images courtesy of Nancy Upton.]

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Uh Oh! American Apparel Investors Want To Sell Their Shares!

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The Canadian investors who pumped $15 million into American Apparel last April is having a serious case of buyer's remorse.

According to WWD, Michael Serruya filed paperwork with the SEC on Tuesday that would allow the group of investors to sell their shares — all 43.2 million of them.

Ouch.

And to think Serruya was praising Dov Charney only 4 months ago.

[Image via Ramey Pix.]

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American Apparel Is Looking For The "Next Big Thing"

Filed Under: Models American Apparel

American Apparel's looking for plus-size models or in their case "Next Big Thing".

Last week the clothing company launched their online model search, which is exactly like their butt model search: girls submit their photos and then they're judged on a scale of "Not Quite" to "XLent".

The casting call site reads:

Calling curvy ladies everywhere! Our best-selling Disco Pant (and around 10 other sexy styles) are now available in size XL, for those of us who need a little extra wiggle room where it counts. We're looking for fresh faces (and curvaceous bods) to fill these babies out. If you think you've got what it takes to be the next XLent model, send us photos of you and your junk to back it up.

Just send us two recent photographs of yourself, one that clearly shows your face and one of your body. We'll select a winner to be flown out to our Los Angeles headquarters to star in your own bootylicious photoshoot. Runners up will win an enviable assortment of our favorite new styles in XL!

Show us what you're workin' with!

So far AA's received 323 submissions and we gotta say the competition's pretty fierce!

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Knitting Machine Kills American Apparel Worker

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Yikes.

An American Apparel employee died on Friday after an industrial accident at the clothing company's Garden Grove factory.

According to the Orange County coroner, 49 year old Tuan Phan's death was a result of being crushed by a circular knitting machine.

What a terrible way to go!

This is the second death at an American Apparel factory in the past year.

So far, no comment from AA.

[Image via AP Images.]

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Is American Apparel's Shirt Offensive?

Filed Under: Fashion Smashion American Apparel

American Apparel is again in the middle of another controversy.

This time it centers around their “Teenagers Do It Better" t-shirt.

Apparently the shirt was made in collaboration with magazine Ey! Magateen which supports "the magnificent vitality, energy and power of young male adulthood."

The tee is currently on sale for $24, but people are obviously bothered by the slogan.

But the question remains, do U find this t-shirt offensive or are people just overreacting? Let us know…