When I was a few ponds below this woman's weight, I nad a feeding tube up my nose.l

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I am of course totally unimpressed by beauty contests full stop, but seriously, this woman is my height and whan I was anorexic, I was just over 7 stone. I was hospitalised at 7st 4lb.

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I am 5ft tall and weigh between 7-7.8st, depending on time of the month, I am slim always have been...

Now I too am 5'11", but do weigh considerably more than that! My BMI is in the 'normal' range though. I would not consider wearing a bikini cos I think I would look dreadful in it (too many lumpy bits) but having seen that picture I an say that I would look waayyyy better than that!

her excuse is that she is Macedonian and they are all long and lithe? Er, there are good looking and not so good looking girls in Macedonia, but they are not longer or lithe-r than elsewhere. And she looks anorexic. Very sad. I was 6 stone [5'6] at one point so have been there.

they way her hip bones stick out says it all.

It is highly possible that she does not have an eating disorder. I am 5'10" and at my thinnest (as an adult) weighed in at just over 7 stone. I did not, and never have had, an eating disorder. I was just naturally skinny (now I am just naturally flabby ). I HATED being so thin - but that was before size zero was 'fashionable'.

Thing is, whether she has an eating disorder or not, her figure should not be held up as desirable.

well...............pre-children I was 7st.........however I'm 5ft tall so a huge hieght difference.

Another photo of her here

another here

on a slightly lighter note - I can't believe how long the actual winners legs look - they seem to go on forever

I have to admit she just looks naturally skinny to me - some people just are. She's also very young - i was skin and bone at her age but I'm definitely not now.

Not all skinnies have eating disorders just as not all fatties constantly stuff their faces.

the winner is too thin IMO aswell the onlt thing that makes her look like she isn't too thin is her fake breasts, that give the illusion of curves.

I love this senstence where they say...oh it is the macedonian bodytype...blablabla...yeah right....but her arms have no muscle....so...surely that is a sign of unhealthy thinness....never mind light bones and stuff....

is this the same woman as the picture of the winner posted a few posts back?

I'm 5'11 and at my not-post-baby weight I weigh 11.5 stone and am a size 12. Even in my teens, when I was a size 8 and naturally very, very slim, I weighed 9 & a half stone.

That girl looks ill. Just I would say about someone who weighed 35 stone.

just as I would say...

nancy you have got to be kidding if you think that girl looks naturally skinny

clearly very underweight indeed

Just a thought but maybe she has Marfans Syndrome? As well as being tall and very thin her arms and fingers look very long; a typical feature of Marfan sufferers.

Thats sad. Hope shes getting the help she clearly needs.

I weight less than her, but have a BMI of 20.

I am naturally skinny, i have never looked like that, she has no muscle.

I have worked in an Eating Disorders Unit

I obviously don't know for certain^ if this lady has anorexia or not (though I suspect she has)

But I am pretty sure that if she doesn't, she most certainly has issues with food and eating

Nobody can maintain that body shape unless they have some sort of medical illness or they are not eating enough calories

And she's a model - she works in an industry that is notorious for fostering eating disorders

I have just looked at the set of photos FAQ linked to - the frontal shot one is truly shocking. She looks like some of the girls I have worked with in the past

6-8 healthy meals of 4 grapes and 2 lettuce leaves sounds about right.

This link came off the same page as the woman who feeds her babies Mcdonalds.

Does no one look a good healthy weight any more???

When I was that weight I was very very slim, wore a size 6 and I am only a titchy 5.2!