Eliana "Elle" Ramos (December 23, 1988 – February 13, 2007) was a
Uruguay
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an
fashion model.
Modeling
Ramos was a
fashion model in
Latin America
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and was signed to Dotto Models, a prestigious modeling agency based in
Argentina
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. Outside of South America, Eliana also worked in
Mexico
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and stayed in
Japan
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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 Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...
,
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 a ...
;
final test results were released at a later date.
Fellow models 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. Her sister died shortly after stepping off a runway in August 2006 during a fashion show at a
Montevideo
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hotel. An
autopsy
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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 other
Brazil
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ian women in December.
The sisters' father,
Luis Ramos, was a former
football
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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
References
External links
*
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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