Another aspiring model dies of anorexia in Brazil

Mon08Jan2007

Another aspiring model dies of anorexia in Brazil

14:43 H | Topics: Brazil - Controversia - Women

Even after Brazilian modeling agencies signed a policy which restricts anorexic models from entering the profession, yet another woman has lost her life to the disease. Maiara Galvao Vieira, a 14 year-old aspiring model is the fifth Brazilian woman to die of complications related to anorexia in 3 months:

Galvao Vieira, who was 1.70 meters tall [about 5' 7"] and weighed about 38 kilograms [about 84 lbs.] was in the Miguel Couto hospital for over a month, after having been in three other public hospitals and no one being able to diagnose the disease.

And no, it wasn't in some small town in Brazil, it was Rio de Janeiro. According to 20 Minutos, the victim's parents say that she was so weak that she was unable to climb the stairs to her school.

Meanwhile, UK experts charge pro-anorexia websites with "literally killing people".

Via / 20 Minutos