Luisel Ramos

Luisel Ramos (12 April 1984 – August 2, 2006) was an Uruguayan model.

Biography
Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle class neighborhood in Montevideo, the daughter of former soccer player Luis Ramos, who accompanied the Uruguayan soccer team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, and Elsa Arregui, an athlete and gym teacher. Her sister Eliana Ramos was also a model.

Personal life

Death
On August 2, 2006, at 9:15 p.m., Ramos died of heart failure caused by anorexia nervosa while participating in a fashion show during Fashion Week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Ramos had felt ill after walking the runway and subsequently fainted on her way back to the dressing room. She died at the age of 22. Ramos' father told police that she had gone "several days" without eating. She was reported to have adopted a diet of lettuce and Diet Coke for the three months before her death. At the time of her death she had a body mass index (BMI) of just 14.5. She weighed 44 kg (96.8 lbs) at a height of 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in). The World Health Organization classifies a BMI of under 16 as severe thinness.

In the wake of Ramos' death, Madrid Fashion Week (held in September 2006) set a minimum BMI of 18 for all models. In December that year, Italian fashion designers banned size zero models from walking down their catwalks.  

On February 13, 2007, Luisel's 18-year-old sister Eliana Ramos, also a model, died at her grandparents' home in Montevideo of an apparent heart attack, believed to be related to malnutrition.

Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.

See also
List of deaths from anorexia nervosa

References

External links
 News article: Model Luisel Ramos dies on the catwalk
 Model dies on catwalk

Category:1984 births
Category:2006 deaths
Category:People from Montevideo
Category:Uruguayan female models
Category:Deaths from anorexia nervosa
Category:Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo