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27th February 2015
07:56pm GMT

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COVER magazine’s founder Malene Malling publicly apologised on the magazine’s Facebook page, calling it a “sad day” admitting she had overlooked her responsibilities to her readers:
“I have not lived up to my responsibility as a publisher, woman and mother and am truly sorry. At COVER we have, in all the years, worked to show an expanded beauty ideal.
“[To] show that you can be beautiful in various ages and various sizes. We have always sought to work with healthy girls. Just two months ago we had plus-size model Diana Graham on the front of the COVER, so it is certainly a subject we focus on.”
While the #CoverGate hashtag generated debate on using the images on Twitter, there was outrage at the language directed at the 16-year old model, with some users referring to her as a "corpse", "ugly" and "disgusting".
Liep’s modelling agency also confirmed that the teen "is in a bad time in her life after losing two members of her family".Explore more on these topics: