Airline pays for woman’s treatment after she feels like a ‘fat monster’

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Juliana Grace says staff made her feel like a ‘fat monster’ (Photo: Juliana Grace/Instagram)

An airline has been ordered to pay a plus-size model to undergo treatment after she claims staff made her feel like a ‘fat monster’.

Brazilian influencer Juliana Nehme, 38, said that Qatar Airways stopped her from boarding a flight from Beirut to Doha because she was overweight.

She claimed that instead of offering to refund the £830 she had paid for a seat, they told her she had to pay an extra £2,480 for a first class ticket, where she is larger.

Ms. Nehme, who ended up staying in Lebanon with her mother while her sister and nephew were returning home, discussed the ordeal while speaking to media in her home country.

It was like I wasn’t human to them, she said. I was a fat beast who couldn’t ride.

‘It was terrible. I never imagined you would ever go through something like this.

It pains me now to remember how much I blamed myself, because I blamed myself so much, that I even asked my mother for forgiveness several times.

I said, “Mom, forgive me, because being like this kept you from coming home.” She said it wasn’t my fault.

Ms. Nehme said she ‘never imagined going through something like this, ever’ (Photo: Juliana Nehme/Instagram)

The airline has now been ordered to pay for Ms. Naama receiving psychiatric treatment to help her deal with the distress she suffered after a court hearing in Sao Paulo, the Daily Mail reports.

The paper stated that it would consist of “a weekly therapy of £63 for at least one year, in the total of £3,000, to be deposited into the plaintiff’s bank account”.

“The granting of urgent relief is a reasonable and proportionate measure to ensure that the stressful and traumatic event is overcome,” Judge Renata Martins de Carvalho said.

Metro.co.uk has contacted Qatar Airways for comment.

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In a statement provided to the Mail, a spokesperson for the airline said the airline “treats all passengers with respect, dignity and in line with industry practices and similar to most airlines, anyone who obstructs a fellow traveler’s space and cannot secure their seat belt or less.” Their armrests may be required to purchase an additional seat as a safety precaution and for the comfort and safety of all passengers.

They added: ‘The female passenger in question at Beirut airport was initially very rude and aggressive at check-in when one of her companions did not present the PCR documents required to enter Brazil.

As a result, airport security was asked to intervene because the staff and passengers were very concerned about her behaviour.

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