Carl's Jr's TexMex burger ad featuring scantily-clad models reflects immigration

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New ad involves two sets of models representing Texas and Mexico
The women are playing to determine whether the burger is 'Tex' or 'Mex'
Kara Del Toro, who is in 'Team Mex', says the commercial is a 'bold move'
She claims it is 'playing' on the immigration debate dominating the 2016 presidential race
The American team are all blondes while the Mexican team are brunettes but Del Toro insists the commercial is not stereotyping

Published: 09:25 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 12:44 EST, 29 September 2015

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Its previous commercials featuring scantily-clad celebrities biting down on burgers have been known to set pulses racing.

But this time Carl's Jr appears to have entered the immigration debate.

The new 'Borderball' ad for TexMex burgers features two scantily clad beach volleyball teams - the all-blonde Team Tex and the all-brunette Team Mex - playing over a border wall between Mexico and the United States.

The teams of models, who are wearing tiny bikini bottoms and low-cut sports bras, are competing to decide whether the burger is 'Tex' or 'Mex'.

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Patriotic pride: The teams are playing to decide whether the TexMex burger (pictured in the models' hands) is 'Tex' or 'Mex'. The Mexican team are brunette while the American team are blonde

The women are captured in numerous provocative poses before the advertisement ends with Kara Del Toro slapping her teammate's behind in slow-motion.

According to Del Toro, who has followed the likes of Kate Upton, Charlotte McKinney and Kim Kardashian as one of the faces of the burger brand, the ad is a 'bold move' by the company, which is 'playing up on what’s going on politically right now with immigration'.

'I think it was a bold move for Carl’s Jr. I love it - and they did the butt slapping scene in slow motion. So, it was pretty hot'

Model Kara Del Toro

In the commercial, a member of the American team says: 'Black Angus beef and bacon? So Tex.'

Her Mexican opponent responds: 'Fire roasted peppers and onions? It's Mex.'

Two men are sitting on either side of the 'wall', watching the encounter unfold. One asks the other: 'Should we tell them it's both?' The other retorts: 'Eventually.'

In an interview with Fox News, Del Toro was asked if she thought the new commercial went too far with its sexual poses.

Getting political? The advertisement begins with a panoramic shot of a section of the Mexican border wall

Competition: A member of the American team says: 'Black Angus beef and bacon? So Tex.' Her Mexican opponent says: 'Fire roasted peppers and onions? It's Mex.'

The two teams of models are captured in numerous provocative poses in the new commercial

She said: 'I don’t think it goes too far. I think it’s really sexy, and I think it’s playing up on what’s going on politically right now with immigration.

'I think it was a bold move for Carl’s Jr. I love it - and they did the butt slapping scene in slow motion. So, it was pretty hot.'

The Texas team is made up of blondes and the Mexican team is made up of brunettes.

Del Toro, who represents the Mexican side, is asked if she believes this is stereotyping. She rejects the claim, saying she grew up in Texas.

'So I'm actually both Team Texas and Team Mexico. I think they (Carl's Jr) really wanted to differentiate this team as Hispanic and this team as American. I guess that was an easier way to do so.'

A spokesman for Carl's Jr told Daily Mail Online: 'Our new ad for the Tex Mex Bacon Burger is not a political statement.

'It is simply a fast food ad, and, like all of our ads, the premise helps to paint a picture about the food. If a connection was made between the ad and politics – it was certainly not our intent.'