イスクラ・ローレンスのインスタグラム(iskra) - 8月10日 06時18分

Why did I sign the #Time4RESPECT letter created by @modelallianceny ?
Because I am one of the lucky ones... The young me on the left entering into the model industry at 13, survived.

16 years later and I have heard far too many stories of sexual, physical and mental abuse within the fashion industry.

It’s a seemingly glamorous job that I adore and work my arse off everyday the last 16years to succeed in.

Yes it’s our choice to enter into this world but just like every other industry it’s workers deserve protection.

Protection from predators, especially when many of the girls are very young, far away from family and friends and often don’t speak the language of the country they live in.

I know of girls who came from huts in Siberia and were lured to Asia by agents who promised them lucrative modelling careers and would be able to change their whole families lives - only to find out they owed the agencies money and had their passports taken so they were trapped and then forced to be on diets that almost killed them.

I have been in situations myself where a photographer attempted to touch my bra and I immediately made sure he knew that was unacceptable.

Yet later I hear the same photographer offered to take another model I knew home and started touching her leg in the car.

I was also told at 15 that you could tell I was a virgin as I didn’t have enough sex appeal behind my eyes🙄

But luckily because of my parents own experiences of abuse they taught me from a young age to make sure I removed myself from potential situations that could put me in danger or compromising positions.

I’m aware that’s not always possible and that HAS TO CHANGE.

To everyone reading this ARE YOU A PREDATOR OR A PROTECTOR?

It’s not on potential victims to live in fear (even though we have to always be self aware and know how to protect ourselves) we need to educate everyone to know what boundaries are, right and wrong, values and that it’s never ever ok to take advantage, abuse, rape or hurt anyone.

Thank you for reading if you got this far.

Sending my love to all you survivors and those who are still healing❤️

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tattoosoverscars @jameystreet my little sister won a nationwide model search in our country at 15. At age 16 they sent her down the catwalk at our national fashion week in a see - through top with no bra. So She decided to go to uni and become a veterinarian instead. So yeah, I had a loved one in the industry and she decided it wasn't for her and went into a different career. So not a lot of empathy for girls who have choices - which any young girl still in high school has. If they are 13/14/14/16/17/18 (as most are when they enter the industry) and don't like it, They can do what their less attractive peers all have to do and find another career.

villegasstephanie17 @iskra Thank you for your honesty in this post. It’s everyone girl, and woman, that wishes they looked like the women they see on the magazine covers but we don’t know what is going on behind the camera. I am a protector! No one should be put in a situation where they will feel shame and fear. Thank you for sharing! ❤️

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