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Question: I am really upset!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!?
I am a dancer in London, Ive worked a few clubs, as a dancer, I am quite curvy and a similar size and shape to Marilyn Monroe (UK 12-14), to be honest I have worked in a few clubs and been popular due to my shape etc!.
I recently went for an audition at a Burlesque type club in London, on their webpage they have pics of 1940's curvy dancers and also Marilyn herself! so I thought 'great' I could be in with a chance, I went to the audition and they didnt take any of us on! but I emailed them asking for feedback!. They eventually got back to me and said I was very pretty and sweet and looks, figure and communication are important but they have too many girls on their books plus they dont take anyone over a UK 10-12, and think I am slightly over that size so I cant work there!
I can take the critisism and the man was nice enough about it, but for some reason I am very hurt and surprised!! I thought being a Burlesque club they would be more willing to give me a chance! HELP!! Ego bruised!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Start your own Burlesque night!. Just look for a venue!.!.!.!.advertise in the stage for girls who are curvy!.!.!.go for it and I guarantee that you'll be making good money fast if you get good girls!.!.!.people prefer and expect burlesque dancers to be curvy and glam!. Do it on your own!.!.!.!.you should approach gay clubs first as lots of them have entertainment anyway!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

They're laughing their heads off at your defending yourself to a sleazy strip club owner (there are no non-sleazy ways to take your clothes off for strangers)!. Move on!.!.!.preferably to a better job with some self-respect!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try some other job !. post your resume on job sites and choose better jobWww@QuestionHome@Com

you just have to be hard when it comes to comments like that!. i have been to auditions and castings where i have had comments in both directions!. i have not got jobs because they were looking for girls over size 12 and others where they want size 8's (im a 10)!. just as many times i have been too short or too tall!. i was even rejected once in a casting for having the wrong colour eyes!. seriously, people get a picture in their heads and if you dont fit it you just dont get the job!. i wouldnt worry about it!. just say their loss and move on!.
by the way according to marilyns studio measurements she was 36, 24, 36 which is about a size 12 in modern standards but with a smaller waist!. women tended to have tinier waists then as they often worse girdles or corsets which shaped their figures even when not wearing them!.
good luck with the dancing, keep at it!. there's so many burlesque clubs out there now!. check out burlesque baby!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

They cannot say that!!

Saying that you can have the job because you are size 10-12 is wrong!. Personally I think that's sizist!.

hmm!.!.not sure you can sue him for that actually!.!.!.because frankly that is discrimination, actually saying that to you that oh sorry we can't choose you because your not that size!.

F***ing FoolWww@QuestionHome@Com