Luisel Ramos
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Luisel Ramos (born c. 1984 – August 2, 2006) was a Uruguayan model.
On August 2, 2006, at 9:15 p.m., Ramos died of heart failure caused by anorexia nervosa [1] while participating in a fashion show during Fashion Week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Ramos had felt ill after walking the runway and subsequently fainted on her way back to the dressing room. She died at the age of 22. Ramos' father told police that she had gone "several days" without eating. She was reported to have adopted a diet of lettuce leaves and Diet Coke for the three months before her death. [2] At the time of her death she had a body mass index (BMI) of about 14.5 due to having weighed little more than 7 stone (98 lb, 44 kg) despite being 5 ft 9 in tall (1.75 m).[3] The World Health Organization considers a BMI of around 16 to be starvation.[4]
In the wake of Ramos' death, the Madrid Fashion Week (held in September 2006) set a minimum BMI of 18 for all models.[2] In December that year, Italian fashion designers banned size zero models from walking down their catwalks.[5]
On February 13, 2007, her 18-year-old sister Eliana Ramos, also a model, died at her grandparents' home in Montevideo of an apparent heart attack,[6] believed to be related to malnutrition.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Tomato diet model dies of anorexia. Liberty Post (November 18, 2006). Retrieved on November 27, 2006.
- ^ a b Survival of the thinnest. The Age (October 5, 2006). Retrieved on November 27, 2006.
- ^ This is the model who sparked size zero debate. The Daily Mail (September 21, 2006). Retrieved on November 27, 2006.
- ^ Model dies of anorexia complications. CNN (November 17, 2006). Retrieved on November 27, 2006.
- ^ Italian fashion designers ban size zero models from the catwalks. Daily Mail (Dec 19, 2006). Retrieved on February 14, 2007.
- ^ Family tragedy as two sisters, both models, die. Sydney Morning Herald (February 15, 2007). Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
- ^ Second model sister dies of malnutrition. Sydney Morning Herald (February 14, 2007). Retrieved on February 14, 2007.
