12 celebrities who were on the brink of their grave in their quest to get slimmer

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The stars are almost always in sight, so they try to look their best. But in any business, it is important not to go to extremes, and in the process of pursuing the ideal form, including. After all, if you do not stop in time, you can get not a slender and beautiful body, but bring yourself to anorexia.

Meanwhile, this is a serious disease, which is not so easy to cope with. And many celebrities have learned by their own example the insidiousness of this terrible diagnosis. True, some of them do not seem to understand that “before” was better than “after”. Others were less fortunate: fighting overweight brought them to their graves. [/ANOUNS]

Victoria Beckham

The English fashion icon is often accused of being too thin. True, the star herself does not seem to pay attention to criticism and continues to struggle with being overweight (which she thinks she has). The ex-“peppercorn” almost never parted with tightening corsets, sits on the strictest diets and exhausts herself with physical exertion.

As it turned out, Victoria's passion for losing weight appeared at the dawn of her singing career. Then the Spice Girls member was given "valuable" advice: if you want to become more popular, lose weight.

Since then, Beckham has become fanatical about her weight, and even takes a personal chef on travel, who prepares her low-calorie meals. True, the singer and designer herself claims that she does not suffer from eating disorders, but her appearance suggests otherwise.

Maxim (Marina Maximova)

The one who throws from one extreme to another is the singer Maxim: she is either dramatically losing weight, or just as quickly recovering. But two years ago, her fans sounded a real alarm: Marina Maksimova (the artist's real name) began to melt right before our eyes and looked very haggard. Due to health problems, the star was even forced to leave the stage for almost a whole year, and when she returned, she herself spoke about what happened to her.

According to the singer, she practically did not eat anything and disappeared in the gym all day. As a result, in just a month, she threw off 10 kg, and her weight reached the critical mark of 43 kg. Naturally, such a rapid weight loss did not pass without consequences for the body: Maxim began to feel a breakdown and even almost fainted. Fortunately, she turned to specialists in time for help, who developed a menu of proper nutrition for her. Marina insisted that she would never go on diets again.

However, at the end of 2019, the singer shocked everyone again. Many did not recognize her at the presentation of one of the music awards: Maxim gained weight very noticeably, and her face was completely swollen.

Mary-Kate Olsen

Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen experienced the burden of fame too early. The stars of youth comedies of the early 2000s, in order to maintain their popularity, had practically no free time, constantly worked and were on the road. Mary-Kate was the first to break down: due to the increased attention to her person from the fans and the press, she began to feel really depressed. To this was added the first separation from her sister, with whom they had always been together since childhood: the girls decided to live separately. Due to the piling up problems, the actress practically stopped eating, which led to real anorexia. Her condition was so critical that Olsen, weighing 35 kg, had to be urgently hospitalized in one of the rehabilitation centers. Doctors later admitted that the state of the star was so catastrophic that if it had come to them later, it would not have been possible to avoid a fatal outcome.

By the way, Mary-Kate has not been able to gain at least three kilograms since then, and she still looks emaciated.

Yulia Alexandrova

The star of the comedies "Lovers" and "Bitter!" Julia Aleksandrova never complained about her figure and, with a height of 162 cm, weighed 47 kg. With such parameters, she went to conquer the show "The Last Hero". However, it was on a tropical island that she had to endure all the hardships of life of people who found themselves outside of civilization: heat, lack of normal food, complex contests requiring great physical exertion, stress …

All this was not in vain, and after the completion of the project, the actress weighed only 39 kg. Aleksandrova admits that on the island, even in a dream, she saw delicious food, and when she returned home, she first bought chips and other harmful goodies. However, now Julia managed to more or less get back into shape.

Lily Rose Depp

The daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis is very similar to her mother and inherited a fragile physique from her too. However, Lily Rose always dreamed of becoming a model, but it seemed to her that she was not thin enough for this. Therefore, a variety of strict diets have become the constant companions of the girl. As a result: the girl's weight is now only 40 kg.

Moreover, Depp, even with some pride, recently said that she had anorexia. True, as the model admits, now she still decided to get better and would not mind eating hamburgers.

Anna Khilkevich

Looking at the fragile blonde, you can't say that she once had a complex about being overweight. It is not known whether he was or not, but the actress herself at the age of 18 believed that it would be nice for her to lose weight. However, the method she chose was not the best: tough and uncompromising fasting. As a result, Anna's diet led to the fact that her weight stopped at around 43 kg.

Fortunately, Khilkevich changed her mind in time and “finished off” the lack of up to 51 kilograms. However, during her first pregnancy, the star of the series “Univer. The new hostel gained 18 kg, and after that she was able to throw off only 7. Then she again returned to the proven method, but did not bring herself to exhaustion. Now she weighs a little over 46 kg and, as admitted, feels comfortable. Two years ago, the actress gave birth to another daughter, but quickly got in shape. True, the spiteful critics are sure that the star has undergone more than one plastic surgery.

Angelina Jolie

Not to mention Angelina Jolie in this collection is simply impossible. After all, she is considered one of the most beautiful women of our time. True, in recent years, her fans have been sounding the alarm, fearing for the health of her favorite.

Now the actress weighs 43 kg. And, believe me, this is still normal. Indeed, more recently, her weight was 35 kg. It is not known exactly what caused this condition, but it all began after the death of Jolie's mother in 2007. Then Angelina was very worried and practically stopped eating. Even her ex-husband Brad Pitt once admitted that his wife had fainted more than once, and then the problems piled up one after another: the surgeries, the stress associated with the divorce from Pitt, litigation for the right to raise children … All this did not pass without a trace. By the way, if Jolie is recovering a little, then the resulting weight does not stay at one mark for a long time and then starts to decrease again.

Yulia Lipnitskaya

In 2014, the young figure skater made a splash at the Games in Sochi, becoming an Olympic champion in team competition. But after that, Lipnitskaya made an unexpected decision to leave the sport. No one could understand why Julia, who was at the peak of her form, left the ice.

However, after a while, the girl herself decided to frankly admit: she broke up with figure skating due to the fact that she was struggling with an eating disorder. According to her, this fight lasted for several years, so she decided to undergo rehabilitation in Europe. But after treatment, the young star did not want to return to sports. Now Lipnitskaya is a constant participant in ice shows, and this summer she became a mother for the first time.

Lady Gaga

You probably didn't expect to see Lady Gaga in this compilation, who is often ridiculed by haters for her mouth-watering forms. However, at one time and this singer personally experienced all the "delights" of anorexia.

No one would have known that the star had an eating disorder, but she decided to admit it herself. Once the singer posted a photo on social networks, accompanied by his signature "anorexia and bulimia from 15 years." True, how she managed to cope with the problems, Lady Gaga did not specify, but, according to her, therefore, she now does not worry at all if she is gaining a couple of kilograms.

Yana Churikova

The famous TV presenter also knows firsthand that in the process of losing weight, the main thing is to stop on time. At one time, she could not do this, and already during the first "Factories …" she faced anorexia and bulimia.

The star admits that at first she even liked being thin (take at least the delight that she can wear 42 sizes). But later, problems began: Churikova did not remember the texts well, felt a breakdown, and her chest completely "disappeared". Then Yana decided to stop and, as she admits, does not regret that she now has a size 46.

Peaches Geldof

Peaches Geldof's story is vivid proof that anorexia can lead to dire consequences. It always seemed to the English TV presenter and model that her body was not perfect enough. Therefore, the girl became such a fan of weight loss that she practically stopped eating.

The result of such an attitude to one's health was not long in coming: Peaches's body stopped taking food. However, she herself did not see a problem in this and was in no hurry to seek medical help. As a result, Geldof died in 2014.