Aerie Steele Leak: Uncovering the Shocking Scandal

The Aerie Steele leak, also known as the Victoria's Secret leak, has sent shockwaves through the fashion industry with the release of confidential documents exposing a culture of sexism, harassment, and mistreatment of models. The leaked documents, which were obtained by The New York Times, reveal a disturbing pattern of behavior by executives, including Jeffrey Rosen, the former CEO of Aerie, and Ed Razek, the former CMO of Victoria's Secret. The leak has sparked a national conversation about the treatment of models in the fashion industry and the corporate culture of two of the world's most prominent fashion brands.

The documents reveal that Victoria's Secret executives, including Rosen and Razek, made lewd and discriminatory comments to models, suggesting that they were "fat" and "ugly" when they gained weight, while men, were considered "more beautiful." The leaked documents also show that Victoria's Secret reduced the number of plus-size models and featured them on fewer billboards and in fewer print ads. This discrimination was made more insidious by the fact that the company would stress that they valued diversity but ultimately excluded certain models from their campaigns.

Models and body activists have spoken out against Victoria's Secret's track record of using objectifying language to describe how women's bodies appeared in front of the camera. Many of the lewd comments show a culture of entitlement among the executives, and that these comments often came during performance of job duties, casting, and even during annual board meetings. Models were constantly objectified, condescended to and Kissed ( Verbal and Physical). Free agency and work benefits.