Model Miracle

Ana Carolina Reston was born to a middle class family in Jundiai, on the outskirts of São Paulo. Reston began her modeling career at the age of 13 after winning a local beauty contest in her hometown. She was represented by renowned modeling agencies such as Ford, Elite and L'Equipe in countries such as China, Turkey, Mexico, and Japan, including prestigious ad campaigns such as Giorgio Armani.

Ana was about to fly to Paris for a fashion shows just as she had done numerous times before. Instead, she was urgently hospitalized on October 25 for kidney malfunction due to anorexia nervosa and bulimia, which included a diet of only eating apples and tomatoes. Her condition became more serious and deteriorated into generalized infection that led to her death at the age of 21. At the time of death she weighed just over 80 pounds.

She was the second anorexic model reported to have died in 2006. Luisel Ramos, 22, suffered a heart attack in August after living on lettuce leaves and Diet Coke for three months.

Ana Carolina’s mother has made an emotional appeal for parents to take better care of their aspiring young models.

Could you be anorexic? There is help!
http://www.anad.org/

If you need help with Anorexia, Bulimia, or even Compulsive Overeating, you can call the ANAD Hotline at 1-847-831-3438 Monday-Friday, 9a.m. to 5p.m.

All of their services are free of charge. Help is available to you, use it. Choose life.