Allegra Versace suffers from anorexia · 2007-03-29 11:44
Donatella Versace’s 20-year-old daughter is suffering from anorexia. Anorexia is an eating disorder whereby sufferers starve themselves due to an obsessive fear of getting fat.
“Our daughter, Allegra has been battling anorexia, a very serious disease, for many years,” Reuters quoted Donatella Versace as saying in a joint statement released with Allegra’s father Paul Beck.
“She is receiving the best medical care possible to help overcome this illness and is responding well,” said the statement by Donatella.
According to Donatella, her daughter is living in her private residence and is not staying in any hospital. She is a student at Brown University, Rhode Island.
Allegra Beck Versace inherited 50 percent of Versace fashion house on her eighteenth birthday from her uncle Gianni.
The fashion designer was killed in 1997, when Allegra was only 11.
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