Kelly Twine, 27, who is a size 14 was humiliated when she was asked to pass a ‘hoola hoop test’ (Picture Ferrari)

A woman who bad bought a new dress to celebrate losing 20lb was left embarrassed when a club bouncer told her she would ‘have to pass the hula hoop test’ to get in.

Kelly Twine, 27, feared she would be made to step through a hula hoop to prove it could pass from top to toe at the Mishigo club in Reigate.

She said, ‘My friend and I had been working so hard with our diet and running regularly that I’d bought a new dress to celebrate.

‘It was my friend’s birthday so we made a real effort, getting glammed up wearing little dresses – I felt good about myself.




‘But when I got inside and asked about the entry fee the doorman that had shown me inside said quite loudly, “She’ll have to pass the hoola hoop test first”.

‘I was so embarrassed. I asked him to repeat it but he said it was a “private joke”. I told him I knew exactly what he’d said and he just laughed so I left.

‘Nobody should be made to feel bad about their size. I have suffered as eating disorder which is why I’d been really careful to lose the weight sensibly and slowly. Luckily, I’m now a strong person and his comments won’t affect me.

‘But what if someone more vulnerable had been on the receiving end of his vile discrimination?’

Woman told she can’t go in club unless she passes the ‘hoola hoop test’

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‘There are laws against discriminating against race and sex. There should be a law against discriminating against people’s size.’

Staff apologised in writing within an hour of Miss Twine’s email during the early hours of Saturday morning revealing the doorman was not employed by them but by a security firm they had just started using.

The man was allowed to finish his shift but has been banned by management from returning to the club.