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Another aspiring model dies of anorexia in Brazil

2:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Controversia|Women · Comments Off

8 Jan 2007

anorexia.jpgEven 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

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Brazil makes models prove they aren’t anorexic

11:52 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Brazil|Fashion|Health · Comments Off

5 Dec 2006

362317.jpgIn line with Spain‘s decision earlier this year to ban “skinny” models from their famed Pasarela Cibeles fashion week, Brazil has decided to make sure no models that are hired in that country suffer from eating disorders such as anorexia. The decision seems to be a reaction to the tragic death of a Brazilian model in November, a victim of anorexia:

Brazilian modeling agencies announced last Friday that they will demand to see a medical certificate before hiring women who dream of being models, after the death of two models because of complications related to anorexia.

Representatives of the largest modeling agencies in the country met in Sao Paulo to decide uppon new hiring rules to avoid that the repercussions caused by the model, Ana Carolina Reston Marcan, 21 años, damage the industry’s image.

The reasoning sounds a bit selfish, but the result — women not starving themselves — will be worth it.

The agencies are requesting that all models take a blood test to prove that they are in good health, and no model can be any smaller than a size 38 (about size 4).

Via / 20 Minutos

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Debate over Uruguayan model’s cause of death

5:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Fashion|Health|Uruguay · Comments Off

8 Aug 2006

552929.jpgLast week we told you about a Uruguayan model, Luisel Ramos, who died of a heart attack while on the catwalk during Fashion Week in Montevideo. According to her father, the model had been starving herself for days, but now others have come forward to dispute that allegation, including her boyfriend who had dined with her the day night before the fashion show.

…amongst the pain of yesterday, after Luisel’s burial, her boyfriend Hairo Berrondo clarified that this [the starving] wasn’t true. Berrondo said that he has known her for ten years, and that he’s been her boyfriend for two and a half.

“The night before the fashion show we went out to eat pizza, with two friends of hers…she had a diet soft drink but ate well,” he said.

In response to the different versions of the story being circulated by the media, the model’s boyfriend confirmed that “[Luisel] was neither anorexic nor bulimic.”

Berrondo also dicsounted the possibility of her doing drugs or being an alcoholic. “She didn’t even drink beer,” he said.

According to Spain’s 20 Minutos, an autopsy proved that the model did not suffer from an eating disorder nor was she addicted to drugs or alcohol.

Via / La Nación

Image: Reuters

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