Ex Victoria’s Secret models say they had to wear toys, balloons as lingerie in doc: ‘They were not clothes’ (Connecting the Dots: Victoria’s Secret, L Brands Inc. (Limited Stores Inc.), Walt Disney Company, Comcast, the Belizean Grove, the Bohemian Club & Soros)
Hulu's 'Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons' explores
former owner Leslie Wexner's connections to Jeffrey Epstein
Published July 15, 2022 11:09am EDT
By Stephanie Nolasco | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ex-victorias-secret-models-doc-hulu-angels-demons
Several
former Victoria’s Secret models are coming forward in a new documentary
that explores how the popular lingerie brand took a dark turn under former
owner Leslie Wexner.
Hulu’s three-part docuseries, "Victoria’s Secret: Angels and
Demons," which became available for streaming on Thursday, details the
launch of the company’s PINK line in the early 2000s. The brand, which was
targeted toward tweens and teenagers, made some staffers and models
uncomfortable as they believed it was an unusual change in the company’s
marketing.
Former Victoria’s Secret model Lyndsey Scott said she was
required to wear a child-like costume during the 2009 fashion show that had
nothing to do with the collection.
"I was wearing balloons," she recalled.
"They were not clothes, they were not sold in the stores. It wasn’t about
the clothes as much as it was about the models fulfilling this idea of this
fantasy that Victoria’s Secret wanted to fulfill."
"I realized there were a lot of bad people who
allowed bad things to happen," she added.
Dorothea Barth Jörgensen, who appeared on the 2012 runway
show, also
spoke out about the problematic outfits the models were
required to wear on the catwalk.
"I had this dress with toy things [all] around and
the whole set was pretty much based on toys," she said. "My sister’s
children were so excited that I’d be going on the runway with Justin Bieber.
They were so obsessed with him, and they were like 10 and 12 at the time, so I
think definitely they hit the target."
One former employee felt PINK made young people feel
insecure and excluded.
"For me, that’s when I felt like things were going
in the wrong direction because PINK was targeted at teenagers and tweens,"
said the staffer. "So, that did not feel good."
Victoria’s Secret was founded by the late Roy Larson
Raymond in the late 1970s after he felt embarrassed about purchasing lingerie
for his wife. Wexner, the founder of Limited Stores Inc.,
purchased Victoria’s Secret in 1982 and turned it into a powerful retail force.
By the mid-1990s, Victoria’s Secret lit up runways and later filled the internet with
its supermodels and an annual television special that mixed
fashion, beauty and music.
According to the documentary, it was Wexner who invented
the marketing story about a mythical founder of the brand, an English woman
named Victoria, who lived in London and whose husband was a barrister. The
story was so convincing that some staff members even wondered when they would
get the chance to meet her.
Jeffrey
Epstein, the
financier and convicted sex offender, started managing Wexner’s
money in the late 1980s and helped straighten out the finances for a real
estate development backed by Wexner in a wealthy suburb of Columbus, Ohio.
Wexner has said he completely severed ties with Epstein nearly 12 years ago and
accused him of misappropriating "vast sums" of his fortune.
Epstein later purchased Wexner’s townhouse for $20
million. The business owner moved back to Ohio while Epstein shared control of
Wexner’s 20 companies, 19 trusts and different charitable foundations.
According to the documentary, the pair were known to do business until at least
2007.
In 2008,
Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting a person under 19 for
prostitution. He was sentenced to 13 months in jail but served much of the time
in a work release at his office in Palm Beach, Florida. He was required to
register as a sex offender. In 2019, Epstein was arrested after being accused
of sex-trafficking girls as young as 14. He was found dead in his New York jail
cell that August before his case could go to trial. He was 66.
That year, Wexner released a statement, stating Epstein
was "given power of attorney as is common in that context, and he had wide
latitude to act on my behalf with respect to my personal finances while I
focused on my company and undertaking philanthropic efforts."
Hulu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu
Hulu (/ˈhuːluː/)
is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned
by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast’s NBCUniversal holding
a minority stake. Launched on October 29, 2007, it offers a library of films
and television series from networks such as ABC, Freeform, or FX Networks among
others, as well as Hulu original programming.
Connecting
the Dots:
Victoria's Secret is a division of L Brands Inc. (Limited
Stores Inc.).
Leslie H. Wexner is
the chairman & CEO for the L Brands Inc. (Limited Stores Inc.) and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael D. Eisner is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and was the chairman & CEO for the Walt Disney Company.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Harlem
Children's Zone and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Jeffrey B. Swartz was
a trustee at the Harlem Children's Zone and is a director at the L Brands Inc. (Limited
Stores Inc.).
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem
Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin
Hood Foundation and is the founder
of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Jeff
Zucker is a director emeritus for the Robin
Hood Foundation and was the
president & CEO for NBCUniversal.
NBCUniversal is the owner of
the Comcast Corporation.
Mitch
Rose is the SVP for NBCUniversal and was a VP for the Walt Disney Company.
Michael D. Eisner
was the chairman & CEO for the Walt
Disney Company and is a trustee at
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and
a member of the Belizean
Grove.
Mindy C. Meads is
a member of the Belizean Grove
and was the division president & CEO for L Brands Inc. (Limited
Stores Inc.).
Belizean_Grove is the equivalent to the male-only social
group, the Bohemian Club.
Henry
A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian
Club and was a lifetime trustee at
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George H.W. Bush was
a member of the Bohemian Club and a member of the Burning Tree Club.
John T. O'Rourke is
a member of the Burning Tree Club and a lobbyist for the L Brands Inc. (Limited Stores Inc.).
Victoria's Secret is a division
of L Brands Inc. (Limited Stores Inc.).
E. Gordon Gee was
a director at the L Brands Inc. (Limited
Stores Inc.) and is a trustee at
the Committee for Economic Development.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee
for Economic Development.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Michael G. Morris was
a trustee at the Committee for Economic
Development and is a director at the L Brands Inc. (Limited Stores Inc.).
Mary Agnes
Wilderotter is a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development and a
member of the Belizean Grove.
Belizean_Grove is the
equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian
Club.
Henry
A. Kissinger is a member of the Bohemian
Club, a trustee at the Center for
Strategic and International Studies (think tank) and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Mindy C. Meads is
a member of the Belizean Grove and was the division president & CEO for L Brands Inc. (Limited
Stores Inc.).
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean
Grove, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a trustee at
the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (think tank).
United Kingdom was a funder for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think
tank).
Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Andrew’s mother.
Prince Andrew is Queen Elizabeth II’s son, and a friend of Jeffrey Epstein.
Resources:
Past Research
Victoria's Secret
Alters 'Perfect Body' Campaign to 'Body for Everybody' After Backlash (Past Research on Victoria's Secret and the Limited Stores
Inc. aka the L Brands Inc.)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/11/victorias-secret-alters-perfect-body.html
Disney Cartoon Teaches
Children Being a Princess Is a ‘State of Mind’ (Past
Research on the Walt Disney Company)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/11/disney-cartoon-teaches-children-being.html
Pay Cable Prices Going
Up, 'Day of Reckoning' Approaches (Past Research on
the Comcast Corporation)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/pay-cable-prices-going-up-day-of.html
U.S. politicians on
video with underage sex slaves? (Past Research on Jeffrey
Epstein)
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/01/us-politicians-on-video-with-underage.html
Obama Enlisting
Business Support for Spending, Debt Plans (Past
Research on Henry Kissinger, the Bohemian Club and the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (think tank))
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/obama-enlisting-business-support-for.html
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