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ANOREXIC COVER GIRL MODEL DIES IN HER SLEEP AFTER WEIGHT DROPS TO JUST SIX STONE

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 An anorexic teenage cover girl died of heart failure in her
sleep after her weight dropped to just six stone.
Bethaney Wallace, 19, appeared to be living a dream
lifestyle, appearing on the covers of glossy magazines including Girl Talk and
Popgirl from the age of 12.
But despite her stunning good looks she never believed she
was attractive enough and succumbed to anorexia and bulimia aged 16.
The illnesses left her too weak to work and she was forced
to step away from modeling. Over recent months she had shown signs of finally
getting on top of the devastating condition by cooking for herself and had even
put together a new modeling portfolio.
But on April 18, she tragically passed away in her sleep
while she was staying at her grandmother’s house. 
Her devastated parents Clive, 47, and Cathy, 42, yesterday
said there were indications Bethaney’s weakened heart had failed as she
slept. 

They believe her anorexia developed as she struggled to keep off weight
she lost during a bout of glandular fever. 
Her eating problems began when she got glandular fever aged
16 after a holiday in Greece
– and became determined not to put the weight back on.
The model’s parents said she became agitated whenever anyone
asked her what she was eating and would order just bread when she went out with
friends.
Bethaney modelled for teen magazines Popgirl, BBC Girl Talk
and Make It Groovy in 2004 when she was 12, making £112 per shoot.
The former student of Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge
had hoped to pursue a career in photography and modeling.
She stopped modeling for two years to concentrate on her
school work and achieved four A*s, four As and one B for her GCSEs, as well as
an A* for photography, B for Biology, B for Geography and C for Media Studies
at A-level.
Her parents said Bethaney’s death had been made more tragic
because they had started to feel like she had turned the corner and was getting
on top of her conditions – after years of being too weak to even go shopping.
On the night she died, Bethaney had gone to stay with her
grandmother in Moulton, Suffolk, on
the night she died.
The next morning her parents received a phone call from
Bethaney’s grandmother and they rushed round to find her dead.
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