Bridget Malcolm, former Angel of Victoria's Secret, reveals the Calvary who lived working for the firm

In 2019 it was officially confirmed that Victoria's Secret parade would stop producing.A news that came to a large extent for the multiple criticisms that the lingerie firm had been receiving, denouncing the image it offered from the woman and the unreal canons of beauty that transmitted.It was then that they decided to give a body positive to their message, betting on a more inclusive campaign starring a trans model and another plus size.Although there are whom this sudden change did not finish fitting.

Since then the firm has been working to change what it was, and two years later, the end of the lingerie firm as we knew it has arrived.Instead, Victoria's Secret has been renewed with the new the vs collective platform, betting on a more feminist approach."We needed to stop being what men want and be what women want," admitted the current executive director of the brand.

However, there are those who do not trust this new project.And this is the case of Bridget Malcolm, who paraded for the firm during the years 2015 and 2016.The model has brought to light some dirty rags of that time.Last week he published a video on his Tiktok profile that went viral: "I was rejected for the 2017 parade by Ed Razek [former Victoria's Secret director], said that my body was not good enough," says the model, says the model, saysWhile the size bra of the 30A (80A, in Spain) is proven that took in the 2016 parade.

"Now I have a 34b (90b), which is healthier for me.Look how big it was then, "he says while comparing a photo of 2016 with the present."The sadness that leaned in my eyes broke my heart".

He concludes by saying that his new strategy is "a joke" and writes in the text that accompanies the video: "Too late, Victoria's Secret", referring to the attempt they are doing to change the firm's philosophy.

"They told me to take cocaine to lose weight"

After the controversy that created his video on Tiktok, many people asked Bridget why he had not talked about this before.And the Australian has responded with an Instagram video in which she has explained that she does it now, with 29, because that is when she feels good, she has recovered from all the disorders of the past and feels strong to remember it.

"Let me take a tour of time: at 18 I had lived alone in three countries.I traveled to all continents, except Antarctica.I was manipulated by a man much older than me and they sexually attacked me several times, "he begins explaining.

"My agent told me to take cocaine to lose weight.My agency pressed a lot to lose weight.I developed posttraumatic stress disorder...They told me when I was a minor who had to have a lot of sex to lose weight, "he recalls.He says that at that time: "I was dealing with my gender identity, I developed anorexia and orthorexia, and anxiety, and depression.I could not socialize without drinking.I started developing a great dependency of Xanax and Ambien to spend the night.And all this was before turning 18, "admits the model.

Now he says that he is sober and that he is stronger mentally.And that is why he has decided to tell what he lived then."I've been sober for more than two years.I've been recovering from a eating disorder for four years.I'm happy.I am balanced.I am strong and I feel better than ever ".

He also wanted to make his intention clear: "The only reason I do this is because I firmly believe that the fashion industry needs to change".

Like her, other models that have paraded for Victoria's Secret have also told their experience.In 2019, the Emily Didonato model explained that she had to undergo a radical change of weight by exercise and extreme diets.Didonato, who has always had a size 40, also reported the pressure that fashion agencies exerted on it to stay in an XXS if I wanted to work as a professional model.