A winner of Holland's Next Top Model is suing her agency for refusing to give her the full prize money because they say she is ''too fat''.

Ananda Marchildon said she had only received €10,000 ($12,260) of the €75,000 contract she was promised after winning the competition in 2008, aged 21. She was also stripped of her title.

Controversy ... Ananda Marchildon. Credit:Next Top Model

The six-foot model claims she was sacked by Elite Model Management because her hips exceeded their maximum limit of 89.9 centimetres; the average European woman has 102.9-centimetre hips.

Her lawyers argue the agency is obliged to work with Marchildon ''as she looked in the final'' rather than retrospectively forcing her to conform to their rules. The case has reignited a debate about the extent to which young women are expected to adhere to near-impossible physical standards.