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| Spain's body-positive campaign received coverage from lots of media outlets. Nyome wears a gold bikini in the image, and can be seen sitting on the sand, with her head turned towards the viewer. (Photo by= Spanish Government) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] A British model says her image was used in a Spanish campaign promoting body positivity without her permission. The equality ministry's advert was praised for featuring diverse women of different shapes and sizes relaxing on a beach, BBC reported.
But Nyome Nicholas-Williams, from London, says a photo from her Instagram feed was used without her knowledge. The artist behind the image has apologized to Nyome, but she's not yet heard from the Spanish government. "They said they used my image because they were running low on time," she says, adding that they apologized and "said they'd compensate me". Nyome, 30, tells BBC Newsbeat an image from her social media feed that was adapted for the poster released by the Institute for Women earlier this week. It features an illustration of five women - including one who has had a mastectomy - on a beach underneath the slogan "summer is ours too".
Nyome wears a gold bikini in the image and can be seen sitting on the sand, with her head turned towards the viewer. She says one of her 78,000 followers alerted her after the campaign was widely reported by the world's media. "I was really taken aback because I had never seen it before," Nyome says. "It's rude and it's disrespectful."
