Wed., Nov. 15 - 11:00 a.m.
Model in São Paulo dies weighing 40 kilos, victim of anorexia
Agência Estado
The São Paulo-born model Ana Carolina Reston, 21, died yesterday, victim of anorexia. Ana weighed 40 kilos and was 1.72 m tall. She had been hospitalized since October due to kidney insufficiency. Her health conditions got worse and the model ended up presenting general infection.
Carolina had been represented by the agencies Ford, Elite and L'Equipe, and had modeled in countries like China, Turkey, Mexico and Japan. At 18, the model had mentioned the need of maintaining herself thin due to the profession, but without jeopardizing her health, in a chat promoted by Trip magazine. Her burial took place in Pirapora do Bom Jesus, on the country side of the state of São Paulo.
http://br.news.yahoo.com/061115/25/1b42q.html
(The original article is in Portuguese.)
Well, sorry for the crappy last minute translation. Why do they get to this point... WHY?
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