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'No Anorexia' model dies

Krupa Thakrar Padhy Krupa Thakrar Padhy | 14:31 UK time, Thursday, 30 December 2010

Isabelle Caro, the model who once described herself as an .


Ms Caro led a high profile campaign against anorexia when she posed nude for an billboard ad in 2007.

describes the campaign,

'She was frail, her skin flaky, her teeth falling out and her hair ruined. She pointed out these flaws from the anorexia, and she knew it was the price for having a serious illness.'

Whilst the cause of her death has not been confirmed, the news has reopened the debate surrounding the campaign and disease.

Musa in Kenya posts on our Facebook page,

'Only until you can walk in the shoes of another human being can you judge. Her selfless act might have saved the lives of hundreds, if not thousands.'

But Mabvunika in Zambia feels little sympathy,

'This is a no brainer. I'm sorry but i refuse to have compassion for someone that has a meal but chooses not to eat it and dies because of it. I believe she made her bed. Too many people haven't the means to eat in my country for me to be compassionate about this!'

Ike in Abuja points the figure at the fashion industry,

'Clothing ads that feature very thin models should come with disclaimers like cigarette ads for example. '

But others like

'I have never met Isabelle. I do not know her, I am not close to her and I only became aware of her during the uproar that ensued after 'that' campaign... It isn't that we both know what it is like to live with the illness, to know how it feels never to be thin enough, and to want to change peoples' minds and raise awareness whilst all the time being acutely aware of how hypocritical we may seem. All that is true, but that isn't why I am writing. The fact is that I don't know why. I was deeply saddened when I heard and read the news.'

What's your reaction to Ms Caro's public battle against anorexia and her death?


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