A bodybuilder says she was banned from American Airlines after airline employees said her outfit was too inappropriate.
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Fitness model Deniz Saypinar,26, says she was boarding a flight in Texas when she was stopped by airline officials due to her outfit and was told that families were “disturbed” by her outfit. In an Instagram story post, Saypinar was wearing a brown cropped tank top and denim shorts with a long sleeve shirt tied around her waist.
Saypinar added in the story post that she left Turkey to escape the conservative and unfair treatment towards women and didn’t expect the same treatment in the United States. ‘I am an athlete, and now I have to wait here until the morning. I like to wear feminine clothes that reveal my femininity, but I never dress in a way that will offend anyone. I’m mature and civilised enough to know what I can and cannot wear.’ I don’t deserve to be treated like the worst person in the world for wearing denim shorts,’ she wrote.
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The Daily Mail said Saypinar is the first woman from Turkey to receive an International Federal of Body Builders status and she lives in Miami.