Luisel Ramos

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

Biography Early life Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle-class neighborhood in Montevideo, the daughter of former footballer Luis Ramos, who played for the Uruguay national team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England and Elsa Arregui, an athlete and gym teacher. Her sister Eliana Ramos was also a model.

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 the Montevideo Fashion Week. Ramos had felt ill after walking the runway and subsequently collapsed unconscious 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. Her remains are buried at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.

In the wake of Ramos' death, the Madrid Fashion Week (held in September 2006) set a minimum BMI of 18 for all models. believed to be related to malnutrition.