A pretty, "plus-sized" coed is accusing an Iowa bar of discrimination after she said the bouncers wouldn't let her dance on a platform because she was too fat.
Jordan Ramos, 21, told ABC News she is furious at the Union Bar in Iowa City and accused the saloon's minders of acting like pigs during two separate visits.
The University of Iowa student said she first tried to dance with some pals on a raised platform at the bar during a girl's night out on March 3, but was told the area was two crammed.
After waiting a few minutes for the grooving crowd to thin out a bit, Ramos said she tried to climb up again, but was denied by the bouncers.
"The bouncer said, 'Look, you will never get up on this platform. Go back to the dance floor where you belong,'" Ramos told ABC News.
The shapely brunette claims she was then kicked out of the club after trying to complain to the manager.
Ramos said she went back to the bar on April 14 with a crew of her slightly slimmer pals.
Once again, she said, her friends were allowed to hop up on the platform, but she was told to stay put.
"(The bouncer) said, 'You're not pretty enough and you're pregnant,'" she told ABC News.
"I said, 'I can tell you with 100% certainty that I am not pregnant.' He then looked at my stomach and said, 'You obviously are.'"
"It was their way of calling me fat without having to actually say it," she added.
Union owner George Wittgraf told the Des Moines Register he hadn't heard about the incidents but wouldn't allow his workers to behave that way.
Ramos tried to get civil rights activists in Iowa City to investigate the incident, but was told she didn't have a case because there's no law against size discrimination.
"We all paid the same cover to get into the Union, but we're not given access to all the same things they have to offer," she told the Register. "I feel like it is their job to provide everybody a great time, especially if everybody pays the same price."
Jordan Ramos, 21, told ABC News she is furious at the Union Bar in Iowa City and accused the saloon's minders of acting like pigs during two separate visits.
The University of Iowa student said she first tried to dance with some pals on a raised platform at the bar during a girl's night out on March 3, but was told the area was two crammed.
After waiting a few minutes for the grooving crowd to thin out a bit, Ramos said she tried to climb up again, but was denied by the bouncers.
"The bouncer said, 'Look, you will never get up on this platform. Go back to the dance floor where you belong,'" Ramos told ABC News.
The shapely brunette claims she was then kicked out of the club after trying to complain to the manager.
Ramos said she went back to the bar on April 14 with a crew of her slightly slimmer pals.
Once again, she said, her friends were allowed to hop up on the platform, but she was told to stay put.
"(The bouncer) said, 'You're not pretty enough and you're pregnant,'" she told ABC News.
"I said, 'I can tell you with 100% certainty that I am not pregnant.' He then looked at my stomach and said, 'You obviously are.'"
"It was their way of calling me fat without having to actually say it," she added.
Union owner George Wittgraf told the Des Moines Register he hadn't heard about the incidents but wouldn't allow his workers to behave that way.
Ramos tried to get civil rights activists in Iowa City to investigate the incident, but was told she didn't have a case because there's no law against size discrimination.
"We all paid the same cover to get into the Union, but we're not given access to all the same things they have to offer," she told the Register. "I feel like it is their job to provide everybody a great time, especially if everybody pays the same price."
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