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Carre Otis

"My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling."

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"My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling."

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Akiroq Brost

"You can only hold your stomach in for so many years."

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Akiroq Brost

"It took me 10 years to realize that I don't know 'em, 10 years to realize that it's possible to learn them, then another 10 years to learn how to do things."

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Akiroq Brost

"It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years."

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Akiroq Brost

"I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine."

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Akiroq Brost

"In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years."

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Akiroq Brost

"It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago."

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Akiroq Brost

"I was a thirteen-year-old boy for thirty years."

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Akiroq Brost

"We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore."

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Akiroq Brost

"I was a smoker for about 20 years."

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"About 15 years later, I was given all 113 episodes on tape."

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Carre Otis
"The pressure was if I didn't get into that dress size someone else would - someone else would get the job."

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Carre Otis
"Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol."

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Carre Otis
"Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender."

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Carre Otis
"You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying."

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Carre Otis
"My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling."

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Carre Otis
"I am not naturally that thin, so I had to go through everything from using drugs to diet pills to laxatives to fasting. Those were my main ways of controlling my weight."

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Carre Otis
"Many women who have anorexia put their hearts in a compromised situation."

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Carre Otis
"I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling."

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Carre Otis
"It not unusual for women with anorexia to suffer heart attacks."

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Carre Otis
"I had my first seizure, and I had to go in for heart surgery."

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