A female Saudi TV presenter claims she was sacked on her first day in the job because she not deemed pretty enough.
The woman says she reported for work at the station office, but was told by her boss she could not appear on TV.
She is suing the company for discrimination and breach of contract.
The presenter, who has not been......
identified, claims she was offered a contract by an Arab satellite channel in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
However, she was shocked to hear that her boss allegedly did not think she was beautiful enough to appear on TV when she arrived for her first day.
This, she alleges, was a breach of contract because it did not stipulate a three-month probation period with a right for immediate dismissal.
She also claims the director verbally abused her, it was reported by Gulf News, which cited an article in local daily Makkah.
A court in Riyadh was due to examine the case.
Last month, it was reported that female television presenters in Saudi Arabia are being ordered to cover up by wearing the traditional black abaya cloak.
Noora Al Adwan, a female member of the Shura Council, had demanded that a dress code be brought in for all Saudi women working in private television stations funded by Saudi Arabia.
She claimed the country's female presenters were bringing the country's international reputation into disrepute by refusing to wear the national dress and exaggerating their makeup.
She proposed fines of up to SR10 million (£1.7m) for those who break the dress code.
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