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Published: 12/30/10

The Tragic Life and Death of Anorexic Actress Isabelle Caro

By  Dana Kennedy - AOL News
The Tragic Life and Death of Anorexic Actress Isabelle Caro

The death of 28-year-old Isabelle Caro, the frighteningly thin French actress and model who symbolized the tragedy of anorexia, came after a life that she said was full of "suffering." During the worst of her disease, she once said, she ate only two small squares of chocolate and four to five cornflakes per day. Caro died Nov. 17 after returning to Paris from a business trip to Tokyo, but her death was not made public until Wednesday because her father wanted it kept quiet, her friend and colleague Kim Warani told AOL News. Warani, 26, who directed Caro in a number of small Paris-area plays ...

Published: 12/30/10

Isabelle Caro Dies at 28: 5 Facts About Anorexia Nervosa

By  Steven Hoffer - AOL News
Isabelle Caro Dies at 28: 5 Facts About Anorexia Nervosa

After a long battle with anorexia nervosa, 28-year-old French model Isabelle Caro has died. Caro's fight with the eating disorder drew international attention from the fashion industry in 2007 when her startling billboard campaign, shot by photographer Oliviero Toscani and endorsed by the Italian Ministry of Health, ran during Milan's Fashion Week. The controversial photos, intended to draw attention to anorexia within the fashion industry, "proved controversial with designers." Caro was one of the millions of people across the globe who suffer from the horrific disease. In light of Caro's ...

Published: 02/19/10

Christina Hendricks: Full-Figured Never Looked Better

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
Christina Hendricks: Full-Figured Never Looked Better

Clothes look good on thin bodies. But thin bodies naked? Not so much. Naked full bodies is another matter. Or near-naked, a la actress Christina Hendricks in a corset on the cover of New York Magazine. Hendricks, a breakout star of AMC's hit show "Mad Men," is undeniably beautiful. She's also a different body type than we're used to seeing in the glamor factories of Los Angeles and New York. But then "Mad Men" is a period drama, set half a century ago. It may be relevant that most fashion designers are gay men. Thin women look more male than their voluptuous counterparts in the general ...

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