#Lancashire #Padiham: Charlotte Seddon - Head girl, 17, died weighing just six stone after trying to hide four-year battle with anorexia from her parents

Struggle: Schoolgirl Charlotte Seddon, who struggled with anorexia for four years, pictured in 2011

A former head girl died aged 17 after struggling with anorexia for four years.
Charlotte Seddon, who was described as ‘intelligent, self-assured and popular’, tried to hide the effects of the illness from her parents.
She only revealed her true  feelings in her journals, which were discovered after her death, an inquest heard.
Charlotte wrote how she felt trapped in a cycle of losing weight, exercise, calorie counting, bouts of depression and purging herself.
The teenager would refuse to have dinner with her family, claiming she had already eaten, but then would go without food.
Despite her illness, Charlotte, who had a twin sister, Abby, won many awards at school, including student of the year after achieving the best GCSE results of her peers at Shuttleworth College in Padiham, Lancashire.
In her final year at school she was also head girl, and was nominated for the Young Burnley Achiever Award for her voluntary work.
When she died last November, Charlotte weighed only six stone and had a seriously weakened heart, the inquest heard.

Battle: Charlotte weighed just six stone when she died last November

She had been discharged from  an inpatient clinic only a few  days before.

Her family, who live in Padiham, have urged other parents to keep an eye out for signs of the condition in their own children, such as avoiding eating and disappearing after meals.

Charlotte’s mother, Corinne, 48, said: ‘They are very good at hiding it. At the start you just go along with it because you don’t want to upset them.’

Healthier: Charlotte at a more healthy weight collecting an award in Burnley in 2010

Her father Stephen, also 48, said his daughter was highly intelligent and wanted to go to university and become an art therapist.
Mr Seddon added: ‘It’s a tragic  loss for us, it was very sudden and such a shock. We have learned about her condition from what she left for us to read.’
Her brother Daniel, 23, told the hearing: ‘The condition she had  meant that she believed herself to be in control and she would give out those messages to her family.’
The coroner’s court in Burnley heard Charlotte developed self-esteem and eating behaviour problems at 12, and was treated as an outpatient at a specialist unit. Last June she became so poorly that she agreed to be admitted as an inpatient at The Priory in Altrincham, Cheshire. She was discharged in November, but a few days afterwards was found dead at her home.
Post-mortem tests revealed Charlotte’s heart weighed only 190g (7oz), and the muscles round it had been weakened by a lack of nutrients. A normal heart weighs around 320g (11oz).
Recording a narrative verdict, coroner Richard Taylor said: ‘Charlotte’s family have painted a picture of an intelligent, self-assured young lady who was overcome by a terrible illness.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2131420/Head-girl-17-died-anorexia-trying-hide-year-battle-illness-parents.html

Kseniya Bubenko : Ask Her How To Lose Some Weight !

Twenty-year old Kseniya Bubenko of Yekaterinburg named her diet “Pobeda” which stands for “victory”. Bubenko appeared on a popular talk-show which won her popularity she is now a celebrity , whats left of her that is.


http://englishrussia.com/2012/03/01/ask-her-how-to-lose-some-weight/

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story - Part 1

Uploaded by malhouney on 12 Oct 2007

Todd Haynes [Far from heaven, Safe] burst upon the scene two years after his graduation with his now-infamous 43-minute "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" (1987). Seizing upon the inspired gimmick of using Barbie and Ken dolls to sympathetically recount the story of the pop star's death from anorexia, he spent months making miniature dishes, chairs, costumes, Kleenex and Ex-Lax boxes, and Carpenters' records to create the film's intricate, doll-size mise-en-scene. The result was both audacious and accomplished as the dolls seemingly ceased to be dolls leaving the audience weeping for the tragic singer.

Unfortunately, Richard Carpenter's enmity for the film led to the serving of a "cease and desist" order in 1989, and despite the director's offer "to only show the film in clinics and schools, with all money going to the Karen Carpenter memorial fund for anorexia research," "Superstar" remains buried, one of the few films in modern America that cannot be seen by the general public.

Uploaded by SvenMcTavisch on 4 Jul 2008

The real Karen Carpenter story told through the reenactment of events in Karen's life by Barbie Dolls and mixed media features insights into the affliction of anorexia Viet Nam War the 70's Richard Nixon this movie was never released due to its use of Carpenter music and honest portrayal of Karen's sad life

 

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#Leeds: Annabel Norris Almost Died From Anorexia.

At the start of Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Annabel Norris from Gildersome has told us she nearly died after bullying drove her to anorexia.

At the age of 16, her weight dropped to less than five stone when she developed the eating disorder after being taunted for her ginger hair and her weight.
"I kept getting called 'fat' even though I was only about eight and a half stone and a size ten," she told us."I felt like I needed to change and the only thing I could control was what I ate. I cut myself off from everybody, slowly started to cut down on eating. I started to lose weight and it sounds weird but I liked the fact that I was achieving something. And I was in control.

"I cut down to about 500 calories a day. I was constantly exercising - I did four fitness DVDs a day and over 3000 sit ups. I was barely eating - less than an apple a day. I struggled to get out of bed but the drive was in my head that I still had to exercise."Annabel was diagnosed with anorexia and spent four months having in-patient treatment. She was allowed home when her weight reached 8st 10lbs, but the bullying started again and she ended up back in hospital, weighing 5st 10lbs.

After another spell of treatment she returned home and moved schools, but the stress of exams brought the anorexia back.

Aged 16, her weight dropped to under five stone and she was rushed to hospital. Doctors told Annabel her heart muscle had wasted and if she’d waited a day longer for treatment, she would have died.

Following three months of treatment she gradually began to recover.

Now aged 20, Annabel's trained as a hairdresser and is preparing to do a skydive to raise money for the eating disorder support charity B-eat.

She said: "At first I felt like I was failing for letting the weight come back on. But now I realise that I'm actually managing to fight back an illness that's really hard and can kill you.

"It is hard to admit it, but when you realise yourself that you've got a problem and you want to get better, that's when you can do it. If you keep denying it, it's really hard."
B-eat is campaigning to break down the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding these serious psychiatric conditions.
"We all need to break the silence about eating disorders so that sufferers come forward, loved ones can approach those they are concerned about, and everyone is aware of the illnesses" said the charity."The more people talk about eating disorders in an understanding way, the more those affected will feel they can reach out for support."
Beat’s call to action is to get people to speak up about eating disorders: "No-one should face an eating disorder on their own. Break the silence and talk about eating disorders at school, at home, in the workplace."

For more information check out the Beat website here

Annabel’s skydive is on April 21st. You can make a donation here

http://www.magic828.co.uk/news/local/eating-disorders-anorexia/

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/16/girl-model-documentary-review_n_1282126.html?1329414150&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

Ananda Marchildon : Too Fat ? Next Top Model Winner Sues Agency

Ananda Marchildon claims Elite withheld Dutch competition prize money and sacked her because her hips were 2cm too big

Ananda Marchildon won Holland's Next Top Model in 2008, but says she did not receive the prize she was entitled to.

A winner of Holland's Next Top Model is suing her agency for refusing to give her the prize money she claims she is due because they say she is "too fat".
Ananda Marchildon said she only received €10,000 (£8,300) of the €75,000 contract she was promised after winning the competition in 2008, aged 21. She was also stripped of her title.

The 1.83m (6ft) model claims she was sacked by Elite Model Management two years into the three-year agreement because her hip measurement exceeded their maximum limit of 90cm. The average European woman has 102.9cm hips. At the time of her dismissal, Marchildon claims her hips were 92cm.

Marchildon says her hips were 92cm (36in) when she was sacked. The European average is 102.9cm

Her lawyers claim she lost rather than gained weight after winning the show. They argue the agency is obliged to work with Marchildon "as she looked in the final", rather than retrospectively forcing her to conform to their rules. The case has started a debate in the Netherlands about the extent to which young women are expected to adhere to near-impossible physical standards.

Dieuwke Levinson-Arps, who is representing Marchildon, claims her client was told by a lawyer working for Elite that she was sacked because "although she has a nice face, she has a fat arse" and that "she never had it in her to become a top model because she was unsuitable for catwalk work". She said Marchildon's physiology meant she had "no chance" of having 90cm hips, even with a strict diet and exercise regime.

"Already she was very skinny, almost anorexically skinny," said Levinson-Arps.

In the two years after winning the show, Marchildon received around 20 assignments for Elite, mostly in print advertisements. She did not get any catwalk offers.

Marchildon is suing Elite for unfair dismissal. She wants them to pay out the remaining €65,000 she says she was promised for winning the show. Elite is contesting the claim.

Wikke Kootstra, a lawyer for Elite, said: "It was impossible for Elite to find [Marchildon] modelling jobs since she wasn't in the required shape."

Asked about the reason for a preferred hip measurement of 90cm, Kootstra said in an email: "Elite models model couture. Couture clothing is made in one size only: (très très) petite. This is not something modelling agencies can change. (I imagine they would welcome such a change since it would make their job so much easier … but it is not in their power to change what the market dictates.)

"Hip measurements are not the only criterium for the possibility to find suitable jobs for a model; they have to be in excellent trim and take extremely good care of their appearances, eat right, sleep well, exercise etc.

It's not for everybody."

Kootstra said Elite never signed a contract with Marchildon.

After winning the show she was given a contract with another modelling agency, MTA. She was then placed with the higher-profile Elite agency, said Kootstra, "as is customary in the modelling world, to obtain maximal exposure".

To support their case, Marchildon's legal team wrote to Tyra Banks, the American supermodel who owns the rights to the Next Top Model brand, saying the incident "exploits" and "grossly neglects" the character of Banks's original format. Banks does not appear to have received the letter as it was subsequently returned unopened.

Banks has been outspoken about her own weight fluctuations since tabloids ran an unflattering photograph of her in a bathing suit under headlines such as: "America's Next Top Waddle" and "Tyra Porkchop".

In March last year a beauty queen in Texas won a case against the pageant's organisers who stripped her of her crown after she allegedly put on weight.

A court judgment in Marchildon's case is expected on 7 March in Amsterdam.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/2012/feb/03/next-top-model-too-fat-ananda-marchildon?CMP=twt_fd

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The Dogs Trust : In Loving Memory Of Kate Chilver

http://www.justgiving.com/Kate-Chilver/2

Kate fought an endless battle against Aneroxia for 16 years.
Whilst many people brought happiness to her life there is one chap who brought a smile to her face continuously...Daz the dog. Daz has been a true comfort and a friend to Kate.
Kate's chosen charity for donations in her memory is The Dogs Trust. Please give generously in her name and remember her fondly.

Eight Year Old Anorexics

http://watchingyouwatchingyme-steelmagnolia.blogspot.com/2010/12/anorexics-slow-painful-death.html