Sadly, posts on VL about Latina models or aspiring models dying from eating disorders are not uncommon. Now a supermodel (otherwise known as Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex) from a hotbed of these deaths, Brazil, is speaking out and pointing the finger at families, not the fashion world:

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen says weak families are to blame for anorexia — not the fashion industry that has been widely criticized for promoting waifish silhouettes.

“I never suffered from this problem (anorexia) because I had a very strong family base. Parents are responsible, not the fashion industry,” she said in the Friday edition of O Globo newspaper.

I think that the fashion industry is to blame in the first place, for centering the universal ideal of beauty around impossibly thin models. Families are to blame as well, of course, but in many cases the victims hide the disease, and loved ones don’t find out until it’s too late.

Who do you think is to blame?

Via / Yahoo! Entertainment