Remember the hot fan from Belgium who was spotted in the crowd at a World Cup match and landed a modeling contract because of it? Of course you do, we just posted this yesterday. Axelle Despiegelaere is her name, but it appears that her modeling career may already be over for now. That’s because people discovered this photo on her Facebook page:
As you might imagine, posing next to a dead oryx and the subsequent trash-talking has rubbed many people the wrong way, including L’Oreal, who have “cut ties” with the teen model, stating to The Independent that “L’Oréal Professionnel Belgium collaborated with her on an ad hoc basis to produce a video for social media use in Belgium. The contract has now been completed.”
While L’Oreal did not come right out and say they fired Despiegelaere for the hunting photo, that is what everyone thinks, especially since they went on to stress that L’Oreal “no longer tests on animals, anywhere in the world, and does not delegate this task to others.”
Let this be a lesson to all you other aspiring models out there: If you want to make it big in the fickle modeling industry, don’t post photos of yourself next to big game you just killed. Now, let’s all enjoy Axelle’s video for L’Oreal:
h/t Gawker
