Fashion Model Starved to Death

(Sao Paulo, Brazil) Everyone knew that 21-year-old model Ana Carolina Reston was sick with anorexia nervosa and bulimia but nobody apparently intervened.

After a catalogue shoot for Giorgio Armani, she was sent home with a warning that she was "too skinny." Reportedly, Reston existed on only apples and tomatoes.

Last month, with visible ribs and protruding hipbones, Ana Carolina Reston died from kidney failure and a generalized infection. The 5-foot-8-inch model weighed only 88 pounds.

Even fashion show organizers are now worried about too-thin models. In Spain, one fashion event banned models with a body-mass index of less than 18. Typically, anyone with a body-mass of less than 18.5 is considered underweight. Ana Carolina Reston had a body-mass index of 13.4 when she died.