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Cannes: Amputee Stopped 'For Not Wearing Heels'
Not The Onion!!
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cannes-amputee-stopped-not-wearing-heels-181022113.html
Everyone is keen to put their best foot forward on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival.
But it is the fashion police rather than the frocks that are making headlines - after women in flat shoes were allegedly turned away.
Film producer Valeria Richter says she was stopped at a gala premiere for not wearing high heels - despite a visible disability.
She told Sky News: "Two years ago I had part of my left foot amputated so I can't really wear heels anymore … you walk all day … we're all working women at Cannes, the last thing you really want is to stand in high heels just for a three-minute walk up a red carpet."
But it is the fashion police rather than the frocks that are making headlines - after women in flat shoes were allegedly turned away.
Film producer Valeria Richter says she was stopped at a gala premiere for not wearing high heels - despite a visible disability.
She told Sky News: "Two years ago I had part of my left foot amputated so I can't really wear heels anymore … you walk all day … we're all working women at Cannes, the last thing you really want is to stand in high heels just for a three-minute walk up a red carpet."
