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Daily Mail has a really insightful article about 4 attractive women and the shocking images that show how these women see themselves – you guessed, the article is about body dysmorphic disorder. Yes, this is a non-celebrity post, but I found it very interesting (and really sad), especially since it fits with our main topic so perfectly.

Racheal, 27, says:

The way I try to explain it is that while some people have a phobia of spiders, I have a fear of my own face and body. In the same way someone who wants a sex change doesn’t feel like they’re in the right body, I don’t either. But unlike them, I don’t know what body I should be in.

I see my eyes as bulging, yet somehow also sunken with purple bags underneath. I hate my nose, and I also think the right-hand side of my face is different to the left. It makes me uncomfortable if friends even walk on that side of me – I have to switch places. I see my lips as flat, and the top one doesn’t match the lower lip. My neck is too long and makes me feel like a duck, my eyebrows are too high and in my mind’s eye my skin is always covered with acne.

I also developed an eating disorder. I started to make myself sick. For seven years, I didn’t leave the house and wouldn’t be seen without a veil or a mask. I even tried to cut the fat off my legs with a knife and I took an overdose when I was 15.

Cassi, 17, says:

The main problem is my face: in my mind, my nose has a bump and turns up at the end like a ski slope. My lips are too large and I have a pointy chin. My eyes are too wide apart and I wear a fringe to cover my forehead. In short, I don’t like the proportion of my facial features. I see myself as looking like a Picasso painting: my facial features are mixed up and need to be put back together again.

Even having my make-up done in front of a mirror for these photos was an achievement for me. (When) I was 13, I was obsessed with mirrors. I used to pull different faces and scrutinise myself, even eat in front of the mirror, watching myself and how my face looked from different angles. I’d become really anxious when I couldn’t get to a mirror, which was really hard at school. Sometimes I feel very guilty when I see people who are disabled or who have burns scarring on their face. But the truth is that on a bad day I think I look much worse than that.

Check out the complete article that features 2 more ladies at Daily Mail!

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Here’s recently single Vanessa Minnillo at the premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Mann’s Village Theatre in Los Angeles.

Looking really good, slim, leggy and bootylicious!

But maybe just a little too much make-up? Here’s a close-up:

See Vanessa from the front in 2 pics on the next page!

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Here’s a leggy treat: R&B singer Ciara in a pair of minimalist daisy dukes.

Her arms are really toned, her legs look very long (oh, and she’s about 5’10”).

How do you like her figure?

See one more Ciara after the jump!

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… this is part 2 of the story – click here to see part 1!

“Wow well the headlines are definitely intense but i just wanted to address my interview with US Magazine. I try to be a very honest person because being honest is an important virtue. And from the time i was 16-to recently ive battled a lot of demons including- bad self-esteem, drugs, bad body image (bulemia [sic]), and depression. In my story nothing happened to me when i was young for me to find so many struggles growing up- unfortunately i was just my own worst enemy and never loved myself. I was in desperate and delicate situations and needed professional help-which i got. For any of my friends and fans who are reading this or who have read the article and can relate to any of the problems ive battled- i want you to know you can win the fight! Please do not give up on life… Today i live by the saying ‘this too shall pass.’ Every bad feeling and problem you go through will pass-i promise but when its something serious like depression or an eating disorder-you need to get professional help and talk to someone you trust-because they are deadly diseases. I did not get better overnight its taken years… you need to work at it to beat it! So talk to someone-i urge everyone to be honest with a friend or mentor if you are having a hard time no matter how old you are. I want to be proof that you can change your life around. I wish you all the courage to live happy and fulfilled lives. No one is perfect, but no one deserves to live in pain. I really hope i have helped in some small way anyone who can relate to my story -i love you guys and want to thank you for standing by me and not judging me for my past struggles. xoxo Stephanie Pratt.”

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Hills star Stephanie Pratt opens up for the first time in the new issue of Us Weekly about hating her body and her terrifying secret struggle with bulimia — sparked, she says, by the pressure of appearing alongside her super-thin friends on the hit MTV reality show.

The 5-foot-7 23-year-old reveals she began bingeing and purging after watching a scene she shot with Lauren Conrad in 2007 after first joining the cast: “I was horrified. I remember saying, ‘I can’t believe how huge I look walking over to Lauren.’”

Another time, when filming in Hawaii in bikinis, the size 0-2 Pratt –- in a bikini and cover-up — asked costar Audrina Patridge, “What looks better, ’shirt on or off?’” Patridge said ‘On.’” Says Pratt, “The producers never put pressure on us to lose weight,” but adds, “It’s embarrassing working with skinny girls.”

Source: Us Weekly

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