Isabelle Caro is a
French model from
Marseille,
France, who became well-known by making headlines after appearing in a controversial ad campaign by photographer
Oliviero Toscani.
She has suffered from severe
anorexia nervosa since she was 13 years old. Her anorexia was caused by what she calls a "troubled childhood." When she appeared on
CBS's
The Insider, it was revealed that at the worst of her
eating disorder, her weight had gone as low as at a height of ; her most recent weight being .
She appeared on C4's Supersize vs Superskinny which aired on 11 March 2008, in which she spoke to journalist
Anna Richardson about her anorexia.
Caro was hospitalised for the first time when she was 20. At her worst, in 2006, she slipped into a coma, weighing just .