Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Boom Boom Room cocktail waitresses claim Standard canned them for lacking 'runway model' looks

Two cocktail cuties at The Standard say they got canned for not fitting the mold of "willowy, svelte and statuesque runway models" at the trendy hotel's Boom Boom Room.

Aspiring actresses Faye Rex and Stephanie Jaggers are suing the Meatpacking District hotel, claiming management sees fit to employ only women with runway model looks at its sexy playpen above the High Line.

"There's definitely a type at the Boom Boom Room - and that type is beautiful, tall and skinny," said Richard Roth, a lawyer for the women. "Compare that to the men."

Rex and Jaggers lost their jobs as cocktail waitresses last summer soon after the reopening of the Boom Boom Room, where beauties frolic in a hot tub planted in the middle of the 18th-floor hotspot.

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