Luisel Ramos Arregui (April 12, 1984 – August 2, 2006) was a

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an model.

Biography

Early life

Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle-class neighborhood in

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, the daughter of former footballer Luis Ramos, who played for the Uruguay national team at the

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in England and Elsa Arregui, an athlete and gym teacher. Her sister

Eliana Ramos Eliana "Elle" Ramos (December 23, 1988 – February 13, 2007) was a Uruguayan fashion model. Modeling Ramos was a fashion model in Latin America and was signed to Dotto Models, a prestigious modeling agency based in Argentina. Outside of ...

was also a model.

Death

On August 2, 2006, at 9:15 p.m., Ramos died of

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caused by

anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by Calorie restriction, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. Individuals wit ...

while participating in a fashion show during the Montevideo Fashion Week. Ramos had felt ill after walking the runway and subsequently collapsed unconscious on her way back to the dressing room. She died at the age of 22. Ramos' father told police that she had gone "several days" without eating. She was reported to have adopted a diet of

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and

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for the three months before her death. At the time of her death, she had a

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(BMI) of just 14.5. She weighed 44 kg (96.8 lbs) at a height of 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in). The

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classifies a BMI of under 16 as severe thinness. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo. In the wake of Ramos' death, the

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Fashion Week (held in September 2006) set a minimum BMI of 18 for all models. In December that year,

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fashion designers banned size zero models from walking down their catwalks. On February 13, 2007, Luisel's 18-year-old sister

, also a model, died at her grandparents' home in Montevideo of an apparent

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, believed to be related to

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References

External links

News article: Model Luisel Ramos dies on the catwalk

Model dies on catwalk
1984 births 2006 deaths People from Montevideo Uruguayan female models Deaths from anorexia nervosa Neurological disease deaths in Uruguay Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo {{Uruguay-model-stub

Biography

Early life

Death

See also

References

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