Comments on: Ana Carolina Reston killed by a diet of apples and tomatoes?

By: Marie-Claude

Marie-Claude — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:44:14 +0000

im just saying models under 100 shouldnt be aloud on stage its too thin its GROSSE!!!!! models should be every shape and size after all not everyone in the world is as thin as these woman!! why do they make there clothing so tiny???? but for everyone to wear????

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:09:14 +0000

Rest In Peace Ana.
I hope her death makes more people realize how serious eating disorders are & they cannot be ignored.

By: marc mez

marc mez — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:41:44 +0000

R I P

By: michelle cunningham

michelle cunningham — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:22:14 +0000

hey there guys, i feel so sorry for ana.she was so beautiful and what has has is such a shame. may she r.i.p x

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:52:44 +0000

While I agree with the above poster that the increasing prevalence of obesity may indeed be what causes some of our obsession with thinness, pretending that walking everywhere and eating healthier foods has anything to do with model sizes/weights is laughable.
I’m six foot tall, and weigh about 145-150 pounds. That’s with lots of walking and biking places (Brazil’s not the only country outside the US where people don’t drive everywhere) and a healthy diet. I’ve been bulimic and as low as 121, and all I have to say to Nico is, how many of those 6 foot 100 lbs models are still menstruating regularly?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Don’t worry, fashion isn’t first to come to the conclusion that girls are much more desirable than grown women. Gymnastics is way ahead of you there, deaths inclusive.

and as far as the “consumer” dictating these standards goes, while that might hold true for the amount of diet obsession among the general populace, as far as fashion goes it’s utter BS. Fashion shows have nothing to do with real life clothes, or real life women anymore. Fashion designers see themselves as artists putting a piece of art in scene, and the less the model looks like a real woman, the better.

Finally, the link posted above to the shocking picture of Reston at 88 lbs looks a lot more like what I’d expect BMI 13 to look like, but I’m a little confused…supposedly the Armani shoot was right before her hospitalization, and on the Armani picture she looks nothing like that. So I suspect at least one of the two is heavily photoshopped.

No matter, I’d be all for making regular health checks for models mandatory (bloodwork, weighing, checking for regular menses) and disallowing those who don’t pass, and impose heavy sanctions on agencies or fashion houses that try to put them on the catwalk.

By: alice

alice — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:07:02 +0000

you guys should not be so hard on nico. It is true that moeling is absurd but it was not him who made it so. It it you. It is the consumer. When the comsumer stops buying the product. The product will change. I am Brazilian and I take these matters to heart. Unfortunatly the truth is in Brazil many of these girls ARE that skinny. It is not always malnutirtion even though that is the case with this particlar model. The diet in brazil i different though we eat a lot our food is natural and not as fattening we walk everywhere because everything is close by. It is because this country is unhealthilly obese that you guys do not understand this. Your preaching will do these women no good. Anorexia is a disease of control not always image.

By: jenni

jenni — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:16:44 +0000

I’m responding to Nico:
5′9 to 6′0
95-110 pounds
is the standard for runway

This is disgusting. To be 5′9″ and 95 pounds is EMACIATED and is considered STARVATION from the World Health Organization. I’m 5′9″ and weigh 140. I’m a size 8 and curvy. I look great. I was 115 at my lowest (I used to be bulemic) and my boyfriend thought that I looked like shit. Who wants to fu*k a bag of bones? he’d say to me.

It is quite possible that Reston abused drugs as a way to stay slim. But if you look at her in the second picture, that is foul. If Armani sends a model home because sh’s too thin, then something must truly be wrong.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anorexia-Kills-Another-Model-40393.shtml

By: jenni

jenni — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:09:58 +0000

The pictures that you see in the model index, etc are from when Reston was healthier. She was 88 pounds when she died. The pictures on the website were not taken when she was 88 pounds. She was probably closer to 115, which is still considered under weight. Here is a link so you can see what Reston looked like at 88 pounds: (the second picture)

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anorexia-Kills-Another-Model-40393.shtml

And also, it is such a joke about the “naturally thin” comments. I’m 5′9″ and weigh 140, and I’m a size 8. I think that I look sexy. But I have to watch what I eat, even to saty at that weight. In oder for me to be 120 or lower like a model,. I’d have to live on salad and diet coke. I love food too much to do that. So, yes, I would be “naturally thin” if I ate like a bird. “Naturally thin” can mean a lot of things. What must one do to be “naturally thin”? Not eat? Run 10 miles a day?

By: stacy

stacy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:57:46 +0000

she was pretty but it shoudnt matter what size you are to be a model there should be diffrent sizes and shaps of models not all 5 feet 8 and 89 pounds thats just dumb to starve yourself to be skinny be yourslef !!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:13:56 +0000

I use to be a runway model in New York.
And when I first started modeling I weighed about 130 with the height of 6′. I was a skinny girl but I had hips….
When I started modeling in NY I was told to drop weight and have the measurements of 33/24/34
Which with excercise and eating salads and running 5 miles aday a reached that 33/24/34 measurment putting me weighing in at 114.
NOT HEALTHY.
Its sad we look to this beautiful thin girl for inspiration to be thin, when they are killing themselves by unhealthy eating habits.
I no longer do modeling and maintain a healthy weight and when modeling scouts approach me now to do modeling I tell them I cant be there 114 pound model.

Girls you are beautiful the way you are.
Be healthy!