Twiggy: Fat folk have no excuse

Sixties supermodel Twiggy has hit out at fat people - after replacing a size-16 woman as the new face and body of Marks and Spencer.

The 56-year-old said there was no excuse for being obese and accused people of 'horrendous' over-eating.

Yet she also admitted there was too much pressure on young girls to be as skinny as she was when she found fame as a 16-year-old in the 1960s.

Twiggy is starring in a new M&S TV advertising campaign, the company's first since it targeted fullerfigured 'normal' women five years ago.

Then, size 16 model Amy Davis was shown running naked on a hilltop, hollering: 'I'm normal!'

The firm decided to use size 14 rather than size 12 as its base model for clothes, after researchers found

British women had become bigger and curvier. It increased the size 14 bust measurement from 36in to 36.5in, waist from 29in to 30in, and hips from 39in to 39.5in.

But Twiggy said: 'You can be voluptuous but you must not be obese and I do think Western society's eating habits are horrendous.

'I was blamed for causing bad eating habits and I always came out and said, "Look, I eat like a horse". I was naturally skinny. I looked like an alien compared to other women.

'I do advocate healthy eating, not eating a load of rubbish - although I did when I was 17, I have to admit.

'The pressure on young girls to be skinny today is terrible, though.'