In: Media Reviews|Rachel
7 Jan 2008Fans of America’s Next Top Model will see a few twists with Bravo’s new reality show Make Me a Supermodel, premiering Jan. 10. Hoping to set itself apart from the competition, the show, hosted by supermodels Tyson Beckford and Niki Taylor, includes both male and female models and lets viewers decide who wins the $100,000 [...]
Another fashion model has died from anorexia-related complications. Israeli fashion model Hila Elmalich died Nov. 14 of heart failure. The corpse she leaves behind is the average weight of a seven-year old child. If you didn’t read about it in the newspapers or hear it on the evening news, you aren’t alone. I only stumbled [...]
This is a blog where a roster of three regular writers and several guest writers comment on the latest news about eating disorders. It isn’t just a news feed, nor a personal journal – it’s a hybrid of both. We discuss the news with our own personal spin.
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