Isabelle Caro

Isabelle Caro (12 September 1982 – 17 November 2010) was a French model and actress from Marseille, France, who became well-known after appearing in a controversial ad campaign "No Anorexia" which showed Caro with vertebrae and facial bones showing under her skin in a picture by photographer Oliviero Toscani.

Biography

Caro suffered from severe anorexia nervosa from the age of 13.

When she appeared on CBS's The Insider, it was revealed that at the worst of her eating disorder, she weighed only at a height of ; her most recent weight was .

She appeared on Channel 4's Supersize vs Superskinny which aired on 11 March 2008, in which she spoke to journalist Anna Richardson about her anorexia.

Caro was hospitalized for the first time when she was 20. At her worst, in 2006, she slipped into a coma, weighing just . The doctor said she would not survive the coma but she did.

Caro was also interviewed in the second episode of the TV documentary series, The...... ...
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