Some very tragic news made the headlines this week in Buenos Aires.  Uruguayan model Eliana Ramos, 18, was found dead on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.

Sadly, this tragedy has all the makings of a story that sensationalist journalism will stick to.  Just six months earlier, her older sister Luisel, 22, died as she stepped off the catwalk of a fashion show in Montevideo.  Additionally, the local press has been whipped into an anorexia frenzy recently after the death of Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston last November and the controversy surrounding Madrid Fashion Week's decision to bar underweight models.  While no official medical report has been released yet, the local press has speculated that an eating disorder may have contributed to Elle's early demise.

While the mariposaHD team never actually knew Elle, our cameras did capture her smiles at several recent local fashion shows.  We wish to offer our condolences to her family and friends for this tragic loss.  But as usual, rather than commenting extensively on this sad story, we prefer to let our images do the talking.  Here are links to some of our recent shots of Elle on the catwalk, hopefully the way she'd wish to be remembered:

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