You would think a role model is usually someone you can follow and imitate, someone you look up to, someone you admire and want to be like…right? Well you don’t need to take a close look to know that Russian Valeria Levitin is far from being one. I’m not talking about her as a human being but physically I can not think of anyone trying to be like her.
Extreme anorexic Valeria is believed to weight only 59 pounds, at age 39 this is just unheard of. Her malnourished and sucked in figure is shockingly worrying and to make matters worst for her harsh reality young girls in their early 20’s are actually trying to be like her.
This is just unbelievable to me, how can someone want to be like her! Is the picture above, the image of beauty? No offense, but I don’t think so. Valeria herself is appalled that young girls are actually asking for advice on how to look like her through emails.
I get in the world we are leaving now a days youngsters can have such distorted ideas of what beauty means and truth be told everyone has a different concept plus what the media shows us but to get to this state is nearly wanting to die. I think!
Wanting to be like her is one thing but no one can understand what she goes through every day, her life is not easy, is not exactly a ride in the park. Native from Russia, Valeria stated:
“I want to share my story to help sufferers and their families from repeating my fate”
“I want young people to live happy, healthy and meaningful lives. Anorexia has made me lonely, unattractive and repulsive for the people around me.
Honestly, very sad remarks. She would even like to be a mother something that for the rest of us girls is common and not a dream far away but for her, is not an option in her delicate condition.
And who is to blame? Well trying not to point fingers Valeria said her mother is part of the problem saying recently:
My mother was afraid I would grow up obese like my relatives. For that reason she tried to restrict my eating from a very young age
Now she is trying to get as healthy as possible since she can not tolerate many foods and her plan to be a mom is via surrogate.
We wish her truly the best in this journey.
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