Model Dies of Heart Failure Caused by Malnutrition
February 14, 2007 by Lei
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Uruguayan model, Luisel Ramos, died this past August on the catwalk. The cause of death was heart failure due to malnutrition. This month, six months later, her younger sister, Eliana Ramos, has also died of sudden death by malnutrition.
I’ve written previously about the need to treat all women with love regardless of their size, particularly those in the entertainment and fashion industries. The Ramos sisters are just another symptom of something gone badly wrong. Christina Jones of eBeautyDaily writes:
I blame it on all the people that know full well that the whole industry (fashion AND Hollywood) is using hard drugs (crystal meth, cocaine, heroin) and is turning a casual eye to it.
Cocaine is one of the most common causes of heart attacks for people in their 20’s and 30’s. People suffering from eating disorders may also experience an irregular heart beat from lack of nutrients due to changes in the heart muscle that can lead to heart failure and death.
What do you think? Should we care or not? It’s not as if people are forcing these young women (and men) into modeling nor are they sewing their mouths shut and forbidding them to eat. Yet, when I see stories about how these models’ bodies are ravaged, I can’t help but wonder if there’s something we should be doing.
smh.com.au, February 14, 2007
Tags: supermodels, modeling, heart, heart disease, heart failure, luisel ramos, eliana ramos, cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia
