Anorexia Eating Disorder Of Allegra Beck Versace
Friday, May 18th, 2007
In a statement made recently, Donatella Versace finally said that his daugther, Allegra Beck Versace, is suffering from anorexia eating disorder.
Was such a statement really necessary? Anyone looking at the picture can tell that she is having some kind of anorexia. Her collar bones are sticking out, her face looks gaunt and her hands are like sticks.
Allegra is the 20-year-old heiress to the fashion house. She inherited 50 percent of Versace on her eighteenth birthday from her uncle Gianni.
Gianni had famously dressed Princess Diana and made Elizabeth Hurley's safety-pin dress, was killed in 1997.
What is good to know is that Allegra is receiving treatment and medical care. The statement revealed that she has been responding well.
In the meantime, Versace's public relations office said the family was launching legal action against media that quoted Donatella as saying her daughter had been admitted to hospital and that anorexia was "consuming" her. The Versace company said that no such comments were made.
The family also pleaded to the media to respect her privacy as she recuperates this period.
Health experts in Britain say that anorexia. It has the highest fatality rate of any psychiatric illness, with 13 to 18 percent of sufferers dying, most commonly due to heart disease or suicide. More can be done to help anorexics if early treatment is done.
Was such a statement really necessary? Anyone looking at the picture can tell that she is having some kind of anorexia. Her collar bones are sticking out, her face looks gaunt and her hands are like sticks.
Allegra is the 20-year-old heiress to the fashion house. She inherited 50 percent of Versace on her eighteenth birthday from her uncle Gianni.
Gianni had famously dressed Princess Diana and made Elizabeth Hurley's safety-pin dress, was killed in 1997.
What is good to know is that Allegra is receiving treatment and medical care. The statement revealed that she has been responding well.
In the meantime, Versace's public relations office said the family was launching legal action against media that quoted Donatella as saying her daughter had been admitted to hospital and that anorexia was "consuming" her. The Versace company said that no such comments were made.
The family also pleaded to the media to respect her privacy as she recuperates this period.
Health experts in Britain say that anorexia. It has the highest fatality rate of any psychiatric illness, with 13 to 18 percent of sufferers dying, most commonly due to heart disease or suicide. More can be done to help anorexics if early treatment is done.