For Isabelle Caro, the struggle ended in death, as confirmed by People.com.
It's been reported that Caro had been suffering since she was 13 years old [cumulatively, 15 years, wasted]. Caro is most known for her nude 'No Anorexia' campaign displayed during Milan's Fashion Week in 2007. Ridiculously, the ad was banned.
The NY Daily News reports:
Through a translator, she said that her desire to be thin began with a fashion designer telling her that she had to lose 10 kilos (about 20 pounds) to make it in the fashion world. Her illness pushed her health to its limits – she had been in a coma in 2006. She weighed only 55 pounds.
After that, she said that she tried to eat and to recover from the illness that plagued her since she was 13.
"I thought this could be a chance to use my suffering to get a message across, and finally put an image on what thinness represents and the danger it leads to -- which is death," she told AFP in 2007
Unfortunately, she turned that image into reality.
Eating disorders are serious and deadly. And a boatload of suffering and unhappiness. Not to sound like a PSA, but if you or someone you know is suffering: You're not alone. There is hope and light at the end of the tunnel. Get help. Never give up. And just keep on trekking.
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