AMVCA: Actress Calls Out Organisers Over ‘Discrimination Against Plus-Size Women’

The seventh edition of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) has come and gone but Nollywood screen diva, Lisa Omorodion, has accused the organisers of discriminating against the plus-size actress.

The awards event held in Lagos on Saturday was more like a battle for the best dressed as the organisers, for the first time included the category.

Allnews reports that the winner of BBNaija season 4 Mercy Eke and the second runner up in the reality show both emerged winners of the best dressed in both male and female categories.

But Omorodion who seems not pleased with the selection, in an Instagram post, lamented that curvy and plus size women were excluded from the category.

“The Fashion Industry creates a fantasy world of what women are supposed to wear, and sadly a lot of women struggle to fit into this. This fantasy world always excludes curvy and plus size women, even though the fashion industry continues to laud itself as democratic in the era of Social media and gender equality.

“This is even made more obvious when the best-dressed lists always exclude plus size women

“It is very disheartening that in Africa, where women are naturally curvaceous, we continue to discriminate against them. At the just-concluded Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) award show, not one plus-size woman made it to the best-dressed list. Is style and best-dressed list the preserve of only slim/ skinny women?

“We have to do better. The global Plus-size Fashion Industry is worth a whopping 20billion dollars, with an annual growth rate of about twice the total clothing market. Do the math!
That represents $20billion worth of buying power. The inclusion of all women in the fashion industry is the way forward. Only then can we say Fashion is truly democratic. To all the plus size women, you are beautiful, stylish, fabulous and worthy of every Best Dressed List #plussizematters #Amvca7