Illness = cancer, flu, etc..
Anorexia = decision; a self-perpetuating addiction.
The polar opposite (the obese class) would be to say this forum is comprised of people with extreme eating illness in varying degrees. I don't think that boat will float here.
I disagree. Anorexia nervosa, bulemia nervosa, EDNOS, they
are illnesses. It's a mental illness, not physical, and I feel like people don't always understand that.
I've spoken with dozens and dozens of girls and boys with eating disorders, and only a few actually made the conscience decision to starve or purge.
Also, you can't just hand a sandwich over to someone with an eat disorder and tell them to eat it, I hate it when people say things like "Oh she just needs a doughnut." No, this is not true. This person does not need a doughnut, she needs mental help. Eating disorders are almost always about control, not trying to be skinny. If a person can control what they place in their mouths, if they can control their bodies, then they feel they control whatever is going on in their lives. One of my best friends on this entire planet wasted away to 80-something pounds from bulemia, and not because she wanted to be skinny or look good. She could have cared less about that, it was because she was gay and didn't know how to handle it. She didn't feel in control. Sure there are those out there who starve themselves to be thin, but generally they just have disordered eating. A lot of people on this site have had disordered eating at one point, except it was with overeating, not undereating.
You don't choose to have an eating disorder, no one wants one. Talk to anyone who has an eating disorder and they'll tell you the he** they go through every single day. 95% of the people I've talked to would give anything to be without their disorder, the other 5% either haven't gotten to the extremes yet (they will) or they have embraced their disorders (aka the pro-ana pro-mia movement) and have planned to die because of it. My friend made it out alive, I made it out alive, but others aren't so lucky. I've lost 2 online friends to eating disorders, one died from suicide and the other I'm not sure about, I never found out the details. Choice has little to do with it. It's true, bulemics do choose to shove their fingers (or toothbrushes or whatever) down their throats to throw up or use laxatives, but they don't choose to have the thoughts that cause them to do it. It's like someone who is incredibly depressed, if they weren't so disturbed in the head, they wouldn't kill themselves. If someone with an eating disorder wasn't so disturbed in the head, they wouldn't purge or starve themselves.
Anyway, I can't be totally sure if this model has an eating disorder or not, but it seems like she probably does. Girls and boys who have suffered from eating disorders for a long time become experts at hiding it, so unless she admits it herself and gets help for herself, we'll probably never know. She'll either die or she'll get help.
I could rant and rave and go on and on (and on) about this topic for years, but I should probably stop now before I get myself all upset.
I get a little touchy with this topic if you didn't notice. It hits very close to home and brings back to many painful memories.
I was not at all being defensive with you. 
