Eliana "Elle" Ramos (December 23, 1988 – February 13, 2007) was a
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an
fashion model.
Modeling
Ramos was a
fashion model in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
and was signed to Dotto Models, a prestigious modeling agency based in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
. Outside of South America, Eliana also worked in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
and stayed in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
for three months in early 2006 with her sister
Luisel.
Death
On February 13, 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
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ma ...
,
believed to be related to
malnutrition
Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems. Specifically, it is "a deficiency, excess, or imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients" which adversely affects the body's tissues ...
;
final test results were released at a later date.
Fellow models confirmed that she had suffered for many months after her sister
Luisel Ramos
Luisel Ramos (April 12, 1984 – August 2, 2006) was a Uruguayan model.
Biography
Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle-class neighborhood in Montevideo, the daughter of former footballer Luis Ramos, who played for the Uruguay national tea ...
, 22, died of heart failure, but rejected speculations that an eating disorder could have played a role. Her sister died shortly after stepping off a runway in August 2006 during a fashion show at a
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern co ...
hotel. An
autopsy
An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death or to evaluate any d ...
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
Ana Carolina Reston Macan (June 4, 1985 – November 15, 2006) was a Brazilian model.
Biography
Reston was born to a middle-class family in Jundiaí, on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. At the age of 13, she began her modeling career af ...
and three other
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian women in December.
The sisters' father,
Luis Ramos, is a former
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
player for the
Uruguay national team, and was reportedly vacationing with his wife elsewhere in the country at the time of Eliana's death.
See also
*
List of deaths from anorexia nervosa
This is a list of notable people who have died from anorexia nervosa, in chronological order.
*1380: Catherine of Siena – Italian Saint, aged 33
*1387: Pierre de Luxembourg – French Catholic bishop, aged 17
*1882: Sophie Gray – Scottish mo ...
References
External links
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1988 births
2007 deaths
Deaths from anorexia nervosa
Neurological disease deaths in Uruguay
Uruguayan female models
Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
Place of birth missing
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