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AMSTERDAM (AP) A former winner of the television show "Holland's Next Top Model" has won a lawsuit against Elite models after she was dropped for having hips the agency claimed were too large.

The Amsterdam District Court has ruled that Ananda Marchildon, now 25, was entitled to the main prize she won in the 2008 production of the show, a 3-year contract worth euro75,000 ($98,500).

Marchildon argued she was dismissed after only euro10,000 ($13,000) worth of work because she didn't lose enough weight to please the agency.

According to the ruling, though Marchildon had gained weight since getting the contract, she had a hip measurement of 92 centimeters (about 36.2 inches) when she won, and Elite could not demand that she go down to 90 centimeters about 35.4 inches. At a U.S. size 2, that is smaller than the average woman's but not unusual in the modeling world.

Elite spokeswoman Rita Camelli in Milan, Italy, said the agency was considering its options.

"Of course we are pretty disappointed" in the ruling, she said. "We felt we were in the right."

Camelli declined to discuss details of Elite's position.

The published ruling included an email exchange between the 180-centimeter-tall (5 foot, 11 inch) model and a representative of Elite in the Netherlands whose name was redacted.

"We agreed that you would come by us every two weeks for an evaluation, how it's going with your diet and exercise and losing weight. We're going to keep measuring you," the Elite representative wrote.

"Today, March 23 2010, we measured your hips at 98 centimeters. This is a reminder! The goal is that you have a hip circumference of no more than 90 centimeters at the end of June."

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