- Eliana Ramos
Eliana "Elle" Ramos (c. 1988 –
February 13 ,2007 ) was aUruguay an fashion model.Modeling
Ramos was a well-known
fashion model inLatin America and was signed to Dotto Models, a renowned modeling agency inArgentina .Death
On
February 10 ,2007 , Eliana Ramos was found dead at her grandparents' home in Montevideo, Uruguay, at age 18. Preliminary examinations indicated the cause of death as heart attack,cite web| date =February 15 ,2007 | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/sister-models-both-starve/2007/02/15/1171405328301.html| title = Family tragedy as two sisters, both models, die| publisher =Sydney Morning Herald| accessdate =2007-02-15] believed to be related tomalnutrition ;cite web| date =February 14 ,2007 | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/second-model-sister-dies-of-malnutrition/2007/02/14/1171405285731.html| title = Second model sister dies of malnutrition| publisher =Sydney Morning Herald| accessdate =2007-02-14] ; final test results will be released at a later date.Modeling friends confirmed that she had suffered for many months after her sister
Luisel Ramos , 22, died of heart failure, but rejected speculations that an eating disorder could have played a role (rumours were that she had been eating nothing but lettuce leaves and diet coke for three months). Her sister died shortly after stepping off a runway in August 2006 during a fashion show at aMontevideo hotel. Anautopsy cited the cause of death as a heart attack.The deaths drew widespread media attention in Latin America, where the fashion industry's treatment of young women has been the subject of debate since anorexia was blamed for the deaths of model
Ana Carolina Reston and three otherBrazil ian women in December.The sisters' father,
Luis Ramos , is a former soccer player for the Uruguayan national football team, and was reportedly vacationing with his wife elsewhere in the country at the time of Eliana's death.cite web| date =February 14 ,2007 | url =http://www.modelsblog.info/index.php/2007/02/14/stop-this-absurdity-luisels-sister-eliana-ramos-dies-of-malnutrition-too/| title = Stop this absurdity! Luisel’s sister Eliana Ramos dies of malnutrition too!| publisher =MBI| accessdate =2007-02-14] cite web| date =February 15 ,2007 | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6417116,00.html| title = 2 Uruguayan Sisters, Both Models, Die | publisher =The Guardian Unlimited| accessdate =2007-02-15] cite web| date =February 15 ,2007 | url =http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251978,00.html| title = Uruguay Shocked by Deaths of Model Sisters Months Apart | publisher =Fox News| accessdate =2007-02-15]References
External links
* [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Eliana_Ramos Profile of Eliana Ramos in the FMD-database (includes gallery)]
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