Very Sad

Model who lived on a diet of tomatoes and apples dies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...7/nmodel17.xml

Very very sad. Such a sad situation that I'm actually pleased you described it before I clicked the link. Won't be clicking the link.

Don't get me wrong, diets have a purpose, but some are just plain stupid, and I'm often ranting at people because they're on a diet & don't need to be.

[Spiderman]

Sad?
Sad that the industry still uses sick people to model their wares, sure.
Sad that these people are seen to be the right shape and size to be, sure.

Sad that she's dead? Not me. She chose that lifestlye and that job. No one forced her at gunpoint to be a model. I'm sure the pressure on her to remian thin so she could get more work and more money in her bank was put on her by no one but herself. She could at any point have given up that job and sought help for her illness but she clearly chose not to.

The industry that employs the likes of her and promotes it is guilty like any other indusrty of using guilable people to serve their own ends. The fact she pushed her self so far as to die is her own stupid fault and i for one have no sympathy for her.

Now if she was just your "average" girl who suffered from an eating disorder and died from it i would feel very sorry for her, but for someone who chose to make money from it? No way Jose!

The pursuit of money and fame has led many people to an untimely death and i'm sure it will continue to do so as long as Nano-Nobodys are put on the pedestal of celebrity and see "celebrity" as a consequence-free meal ticket.

strong views there.

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Grinch

strong views there.

Who me? Never!

Its upsetting. The modelling industry needs to change its veiws and have strict guidlines. Perhaps even setting a minimum kilocalorie / kilojoule intake per day, or setting a minium weight limit.

I dont get this trend to be super thin. I hate skinny girls. There was an article in Heat mag that my girlfreind purchased going on about these thin "celebs" vs bigger celebs. The general conclusion to be drawn from their survey is that most guys like a curvy lady. Take that british actress, the one in pirates of the caribean. She looks horrible, being so thin. As do other females of similar size.

I tell my girlfreind all the time to be quiet about her body size, to me its perfect, even though sometimes she says she has a "fat" tummy and "big" bum.

My thoughts are similar to spidermans. Im not sad the girl is dead. Its her fault, she could have done something else and lived on and on. Granted, some people cant help but become anorexic due to medical conditions and similar situations, but this girl chose to eat so little. And she didnt even seem to back it up with diet supplements.

In my book, a healthy diet is one where you eat all sorts of differant stuff. Dont go nuts on chocolate, but likewise dont go balistic about eatin just salads. Have a bit of everytthing. After all, we're chemical entities, and we need to source our nutrients from all sorts of differant places. Eat in moderation (dont eat so much you become fat/obese) and live happily and healthily.

Matt

cant see the difference between an 'average' girl and her... its still the same pressure (social or financial) that is creating this kind of obsession with being skinny. All of us suffer from it to a degree.... its about finding the balance within ourselves... unfortunately some people lose that balance.

I agree to an extent with what you are saying, maybe it is greed for fame or money that pushed her to this extreme, but, have a heart, maybe this would have happened to her anyway, we just wouldn't know about it.

Girls/women (in particular) are bombarded with what is apparently attractive, it is difficult to rise above this sometimes, and be content with yourself.

I wish more people (myself included) could grasp the concept of making the most of yourself, being strong and healthy, and not trying to change yourself. It is difficult when you are having 'a fat day' or 'an ugly day'. She just seems to have lost her way and now her friends and family are paying the price

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by Tomcat

cant see the difference between an 'average' girl and her... its still the same pressure (social or financial) that is creating this kind of obsession with being skinny. All of us suffer from it to a degree.... its about finding the balance within ourselves... unfortunately some people lose that balance.

I agree to an extent with what you are saying, maybe it is greed for fame or money that pushed her to this extreme, but, have a heart, maybe this would have happened to her anyway, we just wouldn't know about it.

Girls/women (in particular) are bombarded with what is apparently attractive, it is difficult to rise above this sometimes, and be content with yourself.

I wish more people (myself included) could grasp the concept of making the most of yourself, being strong and healthy, and not trying to change yourself. It is difficult when you are having 'a fat day' or 'an ugly day'. She just seems to have lost her way and now her friends and family are paying the price

I would agree with you on the most part. My problem with her is she chose this job and lifestyle. Like you say it could have happened to her anyway, equally she could have become s obese she died from that. Eating disorders are very scary i'm sure for the family around that person as well as for the person themself but it'd be like anyone else with a life threatening disease deciding they want to show it off and make money out if it instead of getting help.
Now if this story said she had been driven to this by the pressure of her job and because she wasnt happy decided to quit that job and seeks help but on her road to recovery she died i'd feel very sad indeed for her. But she chose to maintain that lifestyle and you live with the consequences of your choices.
I feel far more sorry for innocent casualties in wars who are just written off as "collateral damage". You never see their pictures in the paper and a sad story to go with it.

Give me a pie and cake eating lass any day... so we can both eat pie and cake together in our naked food covered gorging...

well put spiderman ( would we expect anything else from our super hero )