Barton’s weight has been ridiculed recently when pictures of her with (gasp!) cellulite appeared. She’s recently also had a DUI arrest, a breakup, and a stay in the psychiatric ward. Reportedly the pictures making fun of her weight really bothered her.

Unbelievably, one reports says that the (svelte by anyone’s standards) actress is struggling with a “fluctuating weight and body image” issue. When I hear things like this about someone that looks like she does, I have to wonder if this is her own personal issue, or if fame makes this problem happen.

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Mischa Barton’s Body Image Issue

Courtesy of TheSkinnyWebsite.com, you can see the spread and read about Angelina Jolie’s shocking weight loss, as well.

Although Nicole, Angelina, and other celebs like Lindsay Lohan and Mary-Kate Olsen have become the poster children for skinny celebrities, there are dozens of others whose too-slim stature raises eyebrows.

Celebrities-Suck.com has a “skin and bone” parade of skinny stars including Teri Hatcher, Brittany Murphy, and Mischa Barton, among others.

The LA Times has a slideshow of Hollywood’s Slimmest Stars that features Nicole, Ashlee Simpson, Keira Knightley, Lindsay, Kate Bosworth, Mary-Kate, and Calista Flockhart.

So what’s going on? On the one hand, we have perfectly healthy people like Jordin Sparks being called obese and get-real crusaders like Joy Nash ranting about discrimation against “fat” people (self-inflicted and otherwise), and then we have celebrities who are literally wasting away before our very eyes.

Have we become a nation of physical extremes? How does this affect your own body image?

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Scarily Skinny Celebs: Nicole, Angelina, Lindsay, Mary-Kate, and more