Fashion model Hila Elmalich was so thin when she died. In the world of fashion, many now have figured out that the pressure was too much for the model and she succumbed to outside influences and lost control and dropped so much weight that her body couldn’t take it. Does the industry really need these pin thin models? Is this the right message? is this “killer beauty”?
ABC News reports when the Israeli fashion model died last week after years of fighting anorexia, she weighed less than 60 pounds. Her death sent a shockwave through Israel’s fashion world. Elmalich, who had been in and out of hospitals for several years, collapsed at home and died Wednesday of heart failure.
What a sad end. The image here that was broadcast on ABC Television is shocking. The young model faints on Israeli television before being rushed to the hospital. Injury Board has this: “This is not the first death attributed to the modeling industry. 22-year-old model Luisel Ramos died during Fashion Week in August. She reportedly lived on lettuce and diet drinks. Then 21-year-old Ana Carolina Reston died when she hit a weight of 88 pounds at 5’8 with a BMI of 13.5.
Photographer Adi Barkan, calls the women “fashion mannequins” that are being used to sell a beauty ideal. Calls from girls suffering from anorexia flooded a television station recently after he did an interview.
Partially because of Barkan’s protests, Israel has became the first nation to pass laws requiring a model have a healthy body mass index (BMI) or 19 or above.
The story of Pamela Anderson and her ex-husband’s just got a little more twisted. The drama took a surprising turn recently.
Anderson was recently married for a third time, to Rick Salomon. Salomon is known for his relationship with socialite and part-time model Paris Hilton, and their famous sex tape ‘1 Night in Paris.’ Hilton was reportedly getting cozy with Anderson’s ex-husband Kid Rock, sparking rumors that they are dating.
Hilton was spotted partying with Kid Rock over the weekend in Toronto. According to reports the couple “hooked up” at a nightclub. Hilton was in the area to film her next movie ‘Repo! The Genetic Opera.’ Rock was in Toronto to perform in three gigs on Saturday.
Hilton recently made headlines after she was spotted with a Swedish tourist, whom she is also rumored to be dating. Alex Vaggo was a pizza delivery boy when he met the hotel heiress and recently praised Hilton for her generosity. Thanks to Hilton, Vaggo is breaking into the modeling business. The pair have been spotted out numerous times together.
…and will be back in August, with exciting news and scoops on January 8th.
Meanwhile we are happy to announce that Kate Moss and Pete Doherty are split (or will be doing so very soon!).
Or is this the society a “role model” should be in?
Naomi Campbell has settled a lawsuit with a former employee who claims the British supermodel abused her verbally and physically on three continents.
The settlement of the lawsuit by Amanda Brack of Fort Lauderdale came to light Thursday when Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman issued a brief order granting dismissal of the case.
The judge’s order said only that ”the action has settled and been discontinued” according to the lawyers’ agreement dated April 27. No settlement terms were disclosed, and lawyers for Brack and Campbell did not immediately return telephone calls Thursday.
Brack, 21, sued Campbell in July 2006 for unspecified money damages, accusing her of assault, battery, false imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress. Brack’s papers said the abusive incidents started a month after she began working for Campbell in February 2005.
Brack’s lawsuit was filed while Campbell, 36, was in plea negotiations with Manhattan prosecutors about an assault charge. In that case Campbell was accused of throwing a cell phone at an employee in a dispute over a missing pair of jeans.
Brack’s lawyer, Gerald McCarthy, has said his client and Campbell first met in Paris in a nightclub ladies’ room where the model was upset about a ”costume malfunction.” He said Brack helped and impressed the model, who then asked Brack to work for her.
McCarthy said Campbell assaulted Brack on several occasions in 2005. He said a July 2005 incident, when Campbell implied Brack was stealing from her, was the last straw and Brack quit a few days later.
Way back in a more grubby and innocent era of downtown New York, supermodels didn’t buy many combined-unit East Village apartments. But those days are long gone, so it’s hardly surprising that Gemma Ward, American Vogue’s youngest-ever cover girl, has bought a three-bedroom co-op on East Sixth Street between Second and Third avenues that was originally three units.
According to city records, she paid $1.525 million. Only two and a half years ago, gallingly, an apartment two floors up sold for $290,000.
Indeed, the building hasn’t always been a million-dollar place. “It was one of these East Village tenement things,” said listing broker Karen Donica, the younger half of mother-daughter realty firm Custom Brokers. But a cement backyard was dug up and greened, and now “there are lanterns in the garden and beautiful planting …. People just go down there and have a drink, and read a book.”
After an open house, there was a bidding war for the apartment. Did Ms. Donica tell the seller—a former Web developer for MTV Networks named Bernard Meisler—that one of his potential buyers was 19-year-old Ms. Ward?
“No. I did tell him, let’s say, that she was young, whereas the other [potential buyer] was not young.”
“They were both equally qualified,” the broker said about the bidders. “It didn’t really matter that she was a supermodel.”
Incidentally, this reporter also didn’t know that Ms. Ward was a supermodel before a brief barroom encounter last summer. (There was a conversation about her Australian accent, and then she excused herself: “I’m going to go to the bathroom. O.K.?”) In person, Ms. Ward looks like an archangel from Neptune.
Eva Herzigova has become a mother for the first time. The Czech-born supermodel gave birth to a baby boy, who she has named George Marsiaj Herzig, in Paris on June 1.
Eva, 34, and her Italian boyfriend Gregorio Marsiaj are said to be “delighted” with their new arrival.
A spokesman added: “The whole family are well, Eva is delighted, and they will be leaving on a holiday shortly.”
Just a few weeks before giving birth, the catwalk beauty revealed she was having a baby boy, but admitted the couple were struggling for a name.
Speaking at last month’s Cannes Film Festival, she said: “We are having a boy! I am so excited. I cannot wait for motherhood.
“We haven’t chosen one name but we have a little list of names we like. I think you have to wait until that moment and see what names suits. I don’t think you can say beforehand.”
Eva also vowed she wouldn’t rush to regain her famous figure, saying: I’m not one of those celebs who die to get back into shape.”
Helena Christensen has split from her boyfriend Jack Huston. The former supermodel is said to have ended her relationship with actor Jack, who had a minor role in “Factory Girl,” after dating him for a year.
Since the break-up, Helena - who quit the catwalk seven years ago to focus on her photography career - has been spending lots of time with her friends Gwyneth Paltrow and her Coldplay star husband Chris Martin.
The Danish beauty has reportedly struck up a close bond with Chris’ bandmate Guy Berryman - the band’s bassist - who separated from his childhood sweetheart and wife Joanna earlier this year, sparking rumors of a new romance.
A source said: “Guy is ten years younger than Helena but she always goes for younger men. She thinks Guy is a real charmer and she loves spending time with him.”
Helena’s agent denies there is any romantic connection between her and Guy, saying: “Helena is happily single. She’s known Gwyneth, Chris and Guy for ages and they enjoy hanging out. But there is no relationship.”
Helena, 38, has a seven-year-old son, Mingus, while Guy has a seven-month-old daughter, Nico. Guy’s split was revealed when he moved out of the home he shared with Joanna last month.
Roberto Cavalli has quite a pairing of His and Her’s fall 2007 advertising images, starring the controversial couple of the moment (well last few years), Kate Moss and Pete Doherty. While Kate is rather experienced in front of the Cavalli camera, this was Pete’s first high end fashion advertising campaign, though the pair are not photographed together. Nonetheless, Cavalli thought he was a perfect choice. “Kate Moss and Pete Doherty perfectly embody everything that’s contemporary and they’re poetic, creative and wild,” said Cavalli. “They go against mainstream and have an innate and fantastic sense of style.” The shots intend to highlight Doherty’s slightly ambiguous spell and his status of contemporary icon, he added.
“For his extreme lifestyle, at first Pete seems like a very bad role model, but his debauchery does not interest me at all,” added Cavalli. Gosh, if only the people behind the upcoming launch of Kate’s fragrance though the same about Pete.
On Sunday, Paris Hilton accepted her first guests since returning to jail .
The hotel heiress’ sister, Nicky, and her ex-boyfriend Stavros Niachros spent less than an hour with the blonde beauty reports US Magazine
“She’s being strong,” Nicky Hilton told reporters as she emerged from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility’s medical center just after 1 p.m.
Hilton is rumored to be adjusting to her new isolated digs in the jail’s medical ward.
Nicky Hilton and Niachros were allowed to enter the jail without waiting on line reports TMZ
Paris’ parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton, are expected to visit her tomorrow, friends said.
“[Kathy] is holding up very well under the circumstances,” a source said. “As a whole, the family is very strong and very united where Paris is concerned.”
Model Christy Turlington has teamed up with jewelry designer Roberto Coin to be their new Ambassador.
Italian jewelry designer Roberto Coin chose supermodel Christy Turlington Burns as the fresh face of the company’s new advertising and promotions.
Turlington has graced the covers of more than 1,000 top fashion magazines and has also been involved in a variety of charitable causes, including (PRODUCT) RED, which raises funds to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and CARE, which combats global poverty.
Five percent of the net profits from jewelry pieces featured in the campaign will be donated to Youth AIDS, a program that spreads the message of HIV/AIDS awareness to the world’s youth population.
Fashion model Hila Elmalich was so thin when she died. In the world of fashion, many now have figured out that the pressure was too much for the model and she succumbed to outside influences and lost control and dropped so much weight that her body couldn’t take it. Does the industry really need these pin thin models? Is this the right message? is this “killer beauty”?
The story of Pamela Anderson and her ex-husband’s just got a little more twisted. The drama took a surprising turn recently.
Way back in a more grubby and innocent era of downtown New York, supermodels didn’t buy many combined-unit East Village apartments. But those days are long gone, so it’s hardly surprising that 
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