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A furious plus-size model has said she was stopped from boarding a Qatar Airways flight to her native Brazil because she was too large for her seat.
Social media influencer Juliana Nehme, 38, has now accused the middle eastern airline of discriminating against her due to her size.
In a post for her 118,000 Instagram followers, Juliana said she was not allowed to board her flight from Beirut to Doha on November 22.
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Social media influencer Juliana Nehme (pictured), 38, has accused the Qatar Airways of discriminating against her due to her size, after she was denied permission to board because of her size - despite having a ticket. They told her she had to purchase a first class ticket
She had been on holiday in Lebanon with her family and had arrived in the country via Air France without a hitch, she told her followers.
But being denied boarding on her first return flight meant she also went on to miss her onward connection to Sao Paulo, where she lives.
Juliana said Qatar Airways did not offer to refund her the £830 she had paid for her ticket. Instead, the influencer claimed, the airline said she needed to buy a first-class ticket - which has larger seats - for £2,480, so she fit into a seat on the plane.
Juliana took to social media to vent: 'They are denying my right to travel... I'm desperate, help me, they don't want me to board because I'm fat.'
The influencer ended up staying in Lebanon with her mother, while her sister and nephew returned home.
She told her followers: 'What a shame for a company like Qatar to allow this type of discrimination against people! I'm fat, but I'm just like everyone else!'
At the time of reporting, Juliana remained in Lebanon unable to get back home.
Juliana Nehme (pictured left at a Qatar Airways check-in desk and right) had been on holiday in Lebanon with her family and had arrived in the country via Air France without hitch, she told her followers. But being denied boarding on her
