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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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"You can only hold your stomach in for so many years."
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"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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"It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years."
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"I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine."
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"In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years."
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"It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago."
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"I was a thirteen-year-old boy for thirty years."
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"We stopped doing my clothing line about five years ago, so it isn't available anymore."
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Many women who have anorexia put their hearts in a compromised situation."
Woman

"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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"It not unusual for women with anorexia to suffer heart attacks."
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"I had my first seizure, and I had to go in for heart surgery."
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