Eric Rosete addresses the issue about the barring of Pinay models to walk LA fashion week runway.
LA FASHION WEEK – The fashion designer and the executive producer Eric Rosete addressed the issue of “racial discrimination” to Pinay models who were barred to walk the runway involving Kiana Valenciano.
According to an unofficial and deleted post of the executive producer of the LA fashion week, the non-inclusion if the seven Pinays including the celebrity daughter Kiana Valenciano to walk the runway has nothing to do with race, color, or gender.
Based on the written post, the singer Kiana Valenciano, former Miss Earth Jamie Herell, and five other models were banned to join is because the one who invited them, Jacob Meir, lied and stole to them.
They were accordingly scammed by the founder of For the Star Fashion House which hosts showcases for Filipino designers.
“They brought 5’5 models I did not cast in the show, and they brought their own hair and makeup team which is against our contract. They owe us over $100,000 in past dues,” Rosete wrote.
“This had nothing to do with race, color or gender. This had to do with the fact that he (Meir) is a crook and a liar. He was collecting money from designers, sponsors, and models on the side and trying to run a side business from our production, all while telling us he would pay us ‘one day.”
The statement has been issued after receiving backlash from the people over alleged discrimination to the Pinay models.
“I apologize for any miscommunication, but I do not want to be treated unfairly,” Rosete, also a philanthropist, said.
“I did my best to salvage the situation, and Jacob pulled a nasty move and tried to tarnish what we have worked so hard to build but trying to publish false stories,” he added.
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