22-stone woman sees picture of herself being used on diet pills advert
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Loading... - Suth Inthuvarman
- 21 May 2020
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Scammers are particularly galling these days.
They nicked a picture of 22-stone Kirsty Kennedy, 30, and put her next to another woman who’s size six to advertise diet pills.
They even had the gumption to give her a different name and said that she’d lost 98lbs thanks to the pills.
Kirsty spotted the advert on a Women’s Health website and the publisher is now looking into it.
Kirsty said: ‘They made me a year older, a divorcee, moved me down to Essex and made me out to be a size six. Why would someone do that? I don’t know how to take it.
Kirsty Kennedy is pretty angry that a picture of her was used to demonstrate weightloss (Picture: HEMedia)
‘I feel sorry for any poor beggar who falls for this under the impression that it would help them lose weight.
The other woman on the advert is Taryn Wright, from Essex, who featured in the national press for losing weight after splitting up from her husband.
Her mum, Rosemary said: ‘Does she look like she’s a size six? To me you shouldn’t be discriminated against whether you’re big or small.’
Kirsty hasn’t lost 98lbs (Picture: HE Media)
A spokesman for Hearst Magazines UK added: ‘We are appalled that the good name of Women’s Health has been associated with this fraudulent activity.
‘Women’s Health is not in any way connected to this fake company or the products it claims to sell.’
