Models reveal they lived on ‘laxatives, enemas and three apples a day’ to stay skinny and claim you ‘need an eating disorder’ to make it on the catwalk
Edyn Mackney and Victoire Dauxerre spoke out about the harmful pressures on size zero models
TWO models have spoken out about the pressure to be skinny, with one saying it’s impossible to succeed in the business without having an eating disorder.
Victoire Dauxerre and Edyn Mackney told Australian TV show 60 Minutes that the size zero culture damaged their body and led to mental illness.
Victoire revealed that the girls were employing dangerous methods to keep skinny.
She said: “I didn’t do very glamorous things. I took laxatives, had enemas and ate three apples a day instead of three meals a day”.
Asked if she thought you could make it as a top model without having an eating disorder Victoire Dauxerre replied: “No.”
Edyn revealed that the industry demanded “I get my hips as small as they could. My waist as small as I could. Pretty much be just skin and bone.
“I got to the tiniest I'd ever been and it still was never enough.
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She added: “I felt like I needed to shave bone off. I didn't know how to get smaller.”
French model Victoire – who has since written a book about her experiences – quit modelling because of the unhealthy lifestyle she was forced into.
She said: “It hurt most of the time and I didn't want to suffer anymore."
She added: “They hate women.”
Edyn makes explosive claims about the harm that is done to the girls, claiming that some have died because of the eating disorders.
She said: “There are girls who have passed away, have gone into cardiac arrest and no one is talking about it.”
She also said it was hard to give up the catwalk because of pressure.
Edyn added: “They don't let you go because we make so much money for them. It is like the only ideal of beauty today is to be skinny.”
