the scans from the article in Quien Magazine from Mexico (it's like their version of Hola, so it's not a "photoshopped-cover" magazine
):
full credit for the scans to elsini at the CPMMB (many thanks my friend! )
[FONT="]LETIZIA SUFFERS ANOREXIA[/FONT]
[FONT="]She doesn't tire of saying she eats well and that her thinness is genetic. But the truth is that the Princess is extremely thin.[/FONT]
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An image is worth a thousand words and the pics that have been published about Letizia Ortiz during the last months have activated the alarms once again. The first rumors about a possible eating disorder of the former journalist started in march last year, when
Paris Match questioned whether she had the "Princess' disease" or not. Other two spanish newspapers (
La Crónica and El Mundo) talked about the thinness of Prince Felipe's wife with images of her during a public act.
Carmen Rigalt, one of
El Mundo's journalists finally put those rumors a name: Anorexia.
When Letizia read the article, she ordered Juan González-Cebrián Tello, the spokesperson of the Royal House to deny that information with a letter that the newspaper published. Something never seen before, because the royal family never denies rumors. But Doña Sofia's daughter-in-law decided to break that tradition. First symptom of the disease: Denial
What Letizia wanted was to put those rumors to rest for once and all, since in that moment of her life they could be very dangerous because she just had completed her first month of pregnancy. If they would have persisted, the pressure on her would have been much worse. Pregnant women with eating disorders have a high risk of losing the baby or have a sick child. That's where her worries came from.
With the denial, Spain breathed deeply and in may it was announced that the waited heir was on the way. For many media, it was the proof that Letizia was healthy.
The Controversy returns
24th July 2006. The german newspaper
Bild started the topic about Letizia of Spain's thinness, who was in Palma de Mallorca with the rest of the Royal Family at their summer holidays.
The most read newspaper of Europe said: "her arms look thin, her face as well. Since the birth of her daughter, the Princess has lost a lot of weight [...] She's all skin and bones, her pretty face looks sunk and filled with wrinkles" The newspaper also quotes the commentary on
El Diario de Mallorca: "the only thin Princess of Europe fainted"
But other pro-monarquic media like
Hola came in the Princess' defence: "she's just like her sisters, her thinness is something inherent to her complexion. Pure genetics"
Despite this, it is enough just to look at Letizia's pictures when she was studying in Mexico 11 years ago, she wasn't that skinny. Her mexican friend Sara Cuéllar, who lived with her while she was studying at the University of Guadalajara in 1995, talked two years ago in an exclusive interview to
Quien about her last encounter with Letizia in Madrid in 2002: "Letizia was about to start at TVE, she was very illusioned about it and she was losing weight. At that time, she was still living with her mother and was about to leave to get her own apartment...There were tons of guys after her 'cuz she's so gorgeous, she looks like a model. Now (2004) she's way thinner, is evident there's someone behind her image"
A Decade in Red Alert
Another mexican friend who met her as well in Guadalajara affirmed that since then she noticed that the now Princess of Asturias induced the vomit and was obsessed about her weight.
That is to say that Letizia presented symptoms of an eating disorder since more than a decade.
On the other hand, anonymous assistants of the designer Lorenzo Caprile affirm that unlike what their boss has said, her size isn't 40 (the average for iberic women) but 34 (the equivalent for a mexican zero or two). Letizia is 1.68m (more or less 5'6) and weighs 90 pounds (45 kg).
It is a fact that her two sisters are thin and that the wife of Felipe of Spain admired them for that. The same friend from Mexico said that "she always said that Thelma was very pretty and the truth is that Letizia was prettier but always insisted that she wasn't".
Another revealing fact is that during her pregnancy, the Princess of Asturias had problems as nausea, vomit and gastritis. Those symptoms are normal in the first months of pregnancy, but in her they didn't dissapear till the end.
Despite all of this, the Royal House has preferred to remain silent. The thing is that the spanish media affirm that since Letizia entered the Royal Family, a division between the personal of the King's house and Felipe's assistants started and that Letizia's anorexia has deepened the issue. While the first are concerned about the example this could give to Spain, the latter endorse Felipe, who affirms that there isn't a disease[/FONT]
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(first picture left) 2003: even if she lost weight for the news cast she hosted, she still looked very healthy
(second pic, pink dress) 2004: in a year, Letizia lost about 10 pounds (5 kg)
(third pic, green skirt) 2006: Felipe's wife is now size cero or two[/FONT]
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(top pics) from 2003 to 2006: it seems like the Princess has had an eating disorder for more than 10 years, but it has gotten worse for the last three.
(bottom left pic) Better Face: here in 1995 with a friend in Mexico. Since that time, Felipe's wife has lost 30 pounds (15 kg).
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(top left pic) Seven months: with her pregnancy, the rumors about her disease calmed down
(right pic) With Leonor: German newspaper Bild published: "her arms look thin, her face as well. Since the birth of her daughter, the Princess has lost a lot of weight"[/FONT]
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(top pic) Justification: pro-monarquic media assure that the long acts, the high heels and her posture make her look thinner
(bottom right) Princess' Pressure: the SRH is divided about Letizia's anorexia. Some like her mother-in-law Queen Sofia support her and others think she's setting a bad example
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This is the translation of the article, all I want is everyone to see what's been written about Letizia's weight in other countries.[/FONT]
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Another thing: in this article they mention the Bild and Paris Match articles, can anyone find them?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Thanks in advance[/FONT]