The two models who died. Funny, but they look 'ok', don't they? /sarc
Really, the problem is that for the average woman to maintain 'that' look, she has to starve....so it ain't normal, now is it?
Posted on 11/16/2006 12:10:19 PM PST by Froufrou
The mother of a Brazilian fashion model who died from complications of anorexia has made an emotional appeal for parents to take better care of aspiring young models.
The death of Ana Carolina Reston, 21, follows growing criticism of the use of underweight models in the fashion world, an issue given new significance after the death in August of Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos of heart failure during a fashion show in Montevideo.
Reston died on Tuesday in a Sao Paulo hospital from a generalized infection caused by anorexia, an eating disorder in which sufferers obsessively deprive themselves of food in pursuit of an ultra-slim look.
Reston weighed only 88 pounds (40 kg) and was about 5 feet 8 inches tall. Doctors consider the weight normal for a 12-year-old girl about 5 feet tall.
"Take care of your children ... no money is worth the life of your child, not even the most famous (fashion) brand is worth this," her mother, Miriam, told O Globo newspaper.
She said her daughter had been trying to help her family with the money she made as a model. Miriam spoke on national television and to local media to highlight the tragedy.
She said she had pleaded with her daughter to eat more and to see a doctor. "She would reply, 'Mummy, don't mess me around,'" Miriam told O Estado de S.Paulo.
O Dia tabloid carried a picture of the dark-haired, big-eyed girl in lingerie on its front-page with the headline "Dictatorship of skinny look kills a model."
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That's sick. She looks like someone from Auschwitz. Why does anyone think that's attractive?
How very kind of you! I'm likewise very glad that your dear one is better. I don't know what caused this and I have to correct myself when I sometimes wish I were like that again. Starving myself cased me to have trouble dieting now and also to have really poor periodontal health. But I knew some who had their hair even fall out!
Funny you mentioned Thanksgiving. I was talking about this earlier and some friends told me I should eat what I like for T-day. I'm overweight now but I've lost 15 lbs. in 3 mos. That's a healthy rate vs. 40 lbs. in 2 mos.
Wow! Kate's looking like she's put on a few ounces...
Ug she looks like she just came out of a concentration camp
I do NOT know how this picture is real. Jeez, that is not attractive!
Oh, damn... the picture made me gasp!
The two models who died. Funny, but they look 'ok', don't they? /sarc
Really, the problem is that for the average woman to maintain 'that' look, she has to starve....so it ain't normal, now is it?
I've taken care of AIDS pt's....I've taken care of COPD'ers..and cancer pt's...that looked as bad as that girl.
Just for fun,
check out the Disciples of Ana (anorexia) sites on google.
Or google images of anorexia. She looks in par with the end stages. And sadly, death to them is way preferable to being 'fat'.....the unforgivable sin.
Haha.....snicker, snicker.....
Not sure your comment is accurate....
In what way? I've work with nutrition and eating issues....and the 'natural' thin with a BMI lower than 20 are under 8% of the population. For the remainder to acheive that goal, they have to literally starve.
Damage to teeth, to various organs, thinning hair, facial peach fuzz...it's a terrible disease. I just know you will find the inbetween way that will be just right for you.
Some free advice which is worth what you pay for it, stick to your guns on Thanksgiving. If you are on a track, stay on it. The path is treacherous between the holidays. Believe me, I know this :) If you hold fast, you will feel good about it.
The women who buy the clothes they make.
"HOT!"
The fags who design the clothes, apparently. Seriously, while models have always been sort of skinny, the past couple of years they have looked like crap - way too skinny for any red blooded normal man to like.
Damn, they either choke on a ham samwich or starve themselves to death!
And there were still probably industry types telling her to lose a couple pounds.
IIRC, there was a Ms. Brazil who was in Ms. Universe competition and they were complaining she was too heavy. There was also discussion about having the lower ribs on both sides removed to make the waist smaller.
There really is something unpleasant about the 'making them look like boys' thing. Remember Twiggy? That's what I aspired to look like. 5'6" and 86 lbs.
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