Advertisement

Cassi makes Fashion Week comeback

Model Cassi van den Dungen is back at Australian Fashion Week two years after her tiny frame sparked a weight debate following Alex Perry's show.

RELATED: Lindy Klim Debuts New Man At Fashion Week

RELATED: Pixie Curtis Films Models Like a Pro At Fashion Week

RELATED: Model Falls First Night Of MBFWA

The former Australia's Next Top Model star confidently strutted her stuff at Toni Maticevski's S&M themed show to open Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Sydney's Barangaroo Reserve on Sunday.

Cassi walks for Toni Maticevski at MBFWA 2016. Photo: Getty
Cassi walks for Toni Maticevski at MBFWA 2016. Photo: Getty

In 2014 the model copped immense criticism after appearing emaciated during Alex Perry's closing show at MBFWA.

At the time the fashion designer admitted he made a "lapse of judgement" over putting Cassi on the catwalk.

Cassi's frame sparked a weight debate after Alex Perry's show two years ago. Photo: AAP
Cassi's frame sparked a weight debate after Alex Perry's show two years ago. Photo: AAP

"I look at the images and recoil from it,” Alex told Today in 2014. “It’s not an image I think is a good one to put forward certainly not one I’ve presented my brand about. I don’t like it”

“For me, I’m not excusing it because I don’t think it’s right but you know you’re pulling 14-hour days you’re trying to get everything finished in time. I got distracted.”

“I should have made that call, I should have been more aware of what that was.

“I was off the ball."

Alex Perry says  says he 'recoiled' after seeing pics of Cassi in his 2014 show. Photo: Getty
Alex Perry says says he 'recoiled' after seeing pics of Cassi in his 2014 show. Photo: Getty

Cassi posted Instagram pictures during that hard time with the caption: “I don’t tolerate bullying.”

During the controversy magazine publisher Jackie Frank agreed with Alex that the image was troubling.

“When I saw those legs I nearly died" she told The Daily Telegraph. "I rang the model agent and said ‘why is that girl walking down the runway when she’s clearly not healthy?”

Want more celebrity, movie and music news worth sharing? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram.