Another model dies of malnutrition

Eilanaramos When Luisel Ramos collapsed and died - apparently of a heart attack caused by malnutrition - after a catwalk show last August, her death sparked the size debate that has dominated the fashion world ever since. Just six months later, it seems her sister, Eliana, also a model, has suffered the same fate. Eilana, who was just 18 years old, died today at her home in Uruguay, with preliminary tests suggesting that, like her sister, her death was also caused by malnutrition.

Pancho Dotto, owner of the modelling agency that represented the Ramos sisters, said that their deaths were clearly "due to a genetic problem and not an eating disorder."

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Another model dies of malnutrition - Comments

Silvia

No, she was also drinking diet coke!

Jael

Wasn't Luisel just eating lettuce when she died?

cassandra

Well it certainly seems to me that the girls didn't just die of malnutrition, but a congenital heart disorder made worse by a change in diet; maybe a certain nutrient they weren't getting, like glucose, slowed their hearts? Of course not eating enough got them in in the end, but I doubt they just starved to death. If that was the case there would be a lot more dead models, not just these two who are related to each other.

Ada

The susceptibility to an eating disorder can be genetic; i read an article in time magazine about young anorexics and it mentioned soemthing about a family history of mental illness can contribute. Keira Knightley said that there was a history of the disease in her family, though she was sure she didn't have it. This episode is so sad, especially since they are sisters. I hope the fashion industry eventually realizes that women come in all sizes. And heights---being a petite girl, I would like to see models who look like me.