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The Tragic Life and Death of Anorexic Actress Isabelle Caro
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsThe 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 ...
Isabelle Caro Dies at 28: 5 Facts About Anorexia Nervosa
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsAfter 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 ...
French Fashion Spreads to Come with Warning Labels?
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyJust how dangerous to your health is that trip to the magazine kiosk? French politician Valerie Boyer has proposed stamping digitally altered photos with a warning label, telling Reuters that Photoshopped fashion photos create unrealistic beauty standards and could promote eating disorders. But slapping a health warning on the side of Vogue -- the same as on a cigarette package -- is unlikely to have much of an effect. For starters, the link between fashion photos and poor self-image -- while not insignificant -- isn't quite as clear as the link between smoking and lung cancer. But even more ...
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