Deaf model slams company for Photoshopping out her cochlear implant

916 views · Published 31 October 2017 · 3:49 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Beauty Pageants · 2017 · News & Politics

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A deaf ballet dancer has criticised Virgin Active health clubs for editing an image of her so that her hearing implant could not be seen. Simone Botha Welgemoed, 27, who was crowned Miss Deaf South Africa in 2012, said: “I was shockingly surprised and it felt like somebody just dropped a bucket of water on me.

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