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wottan

wottan

Vancouver, BC
July 2004

FEB 17, 2007 03:49 PM

Wow. Its ridiculous that people are pushed to this extreme.

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A teenage model has died of suspected malnutrition just six months after her 'size zero' sister starved herself to death on a diet of lettuce leaves.

Eliana Ramos, 18, was found dead in her home in Montevideo, Uruguay by relatives.

Preliminary indications suggest she died suddenly of a heart attack as a result of malnutrition.

Less than six months ago sister Luisel Ramos, 22, sparked a worldwide debate about 'size zero' models when she died of a heart attack moments after stepping off the catwalk at a show.

She had been eating nothing but lettuce leaves and Diet Coke for the three months before she collapsed.

The revelation comes in the middle of London Fashion Week, where size zero models have been banned. Madrid fashion week had already banned five models for being too skinny.

The death brings to three the number of models who have recently starved themselves to death.

The third happened last August when Ana Carolina Reston died of kidney failure on the eve of a photshoot.

She had been starving herself on a diet of apples and tomatoes.

The model, 21, had been modelling since 13 and at the time of her death she weighed just six stone.
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Tallboy66

Tallboy66

Chicago, IL
January 2005

FEB 17, 2007 05:08 PM

Lettuce is basically water, so I would hardly call that a diet.

Sad. frown

BatAttaK

BatAttaK

Reston, VA
OLD SKOOL

FEB 17, 2007 05:40 PM

How much is six stones??




I'd tap that! biggrinbiggrin

StudentDriver

StudentDriver

Greenwood, IN
June 2004

FEB 17, 2007 09:10 PM

A stone is 14 lbs, so 84 lbs. for Ms. Reston at the time of her death.

Kes

Kes

USA
August 2006

FEB 18, 2007 12:09 AM

Good fucking lord, nothing but diet coke and lettuce leaves for three months!!
If I have nothing but a salad and a diet coke for lunch I feel dizzy.

I agree, that's just sad.

dufsmashXIII

dufsmashXIII

Eureka, IL
December 2005

FEB 18, 2007 10:07 AM

it is sad, but i don't feel sorry for people like that.

Mark_plus_Beer

Mark_plus_Beer

United Kingdom
August 2005

FEB 18, 2007 10:09 AM

what a sad story

Elisabeta

Elisabeta

United Kingdom
January 2007

MAR 12, 2007 08:33 AM

poor girls frown

Dark_Templar

Dark_Templar

Auburn, CA
June 2004

MAR 12, 2007 04:18 PM

I dont understand the "Heart Attack" thing? How does one get a heart attack from not eating?

unravled

unravled

Portland, OR
August 2003

MAR 12, 2007 04:21 PM

dufsmashXIII said:
it is sad, but i don't feel sorry for people like that.



You understand that anorexia is a disease?

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

MAR 12, 2007 04:24 PM

Dark_Templar said:
I dont understand the "Heart Attack" thing? How does one get a heart attack from not eating?



You're hearts a muscle that requires elements and minerals from food intake to work properly. If you are malnourished you normally have trouble with muscles cramping, not working correctly or just not working. Heart attacks can happen to anyone, at any age.

MC_Dove

MC_Dove

Cincinnati, OH
November 2004

MAR 12, 2007 04:24 PM

Dark_Templar said:
I dont understand the "Heart Attack" thing? How does one get a heart attack from not eating?



read me.

aleksa

aleksa

Tacoma, WA
April 2006

MAR 12, 2007 04:33 PM

Dark_Templar said:
I dont understand the "Heart Attack" thing? How does one get a heart attack from not eating?



Look at it as something akin to driving your vehicle without oil. Eventually, the engine is going to go out.

Dark_Templar

Dark_Templar

Auburn, CA
June 2004

MAR 13, 2007 12:06 AM

aaahhhhh. make sense now, thnx for the info wink

Kissy

Kissy

Waltham, MA
March 2007

MAR 15, 2007 06:58 AM

This is so sad! Maybe instead of telling models to gain weight, they should hire models around 5'1" who are naturally a size 0...

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Lily

Lily

SUICIDEGIRL

New York, USA

MAR 15, 2007 01:34 PM

yes, this is incredibly sad and Its obviously encouraged by the fashion industry so by banning the rest of the size zero models, they are just trying to avoid some of the responsibility.

I hope one day girls will encourage themselves to be healthy and not annorexic.