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Death by laxatives: British beauty’s tragic demise sheds light on dangerous addiction Gold medal child skier Georgia Willson-Pemberton, nearly 6 feet tall, wasted away to a skelatal 105 pounds from severe anorexia and died from ‘multiple organ dysfunction caused by laxative abuse.’
Georgia Willson-Pemberton, 26, had been struggling with anorexia since 2008. Her death in December was caused by laxative abuse, an inquest determined.
The death of a 26-year-old former ski champion brings to light a devastating addiction of the dangerously thin.Georgia Willson-Pemberton had it all: beauty, a prestigious education and the best of everything. But she was also battling anorexia and a laxative addiction.
Willson-Pemberton, once a gold medal child skier, took more than 80 laxative pills in a week, causing serious stomach and bowel damage. Her death on December 7 was ruled a "multiple organ dysfunction caused by laxative abuse," The Sun reports. The 5'10" woman had wasted away to 105 pounds at the time of her death.
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Willson-Pemberton, seen in happier times, was an athletic 5'10" former ski champion who wasted away to 105 pounds.
Willson-Pemberton, who lived in West London, had been struggling with anorexia for four years. She received treatment for her eating disorder at some of the top clinics in Britain and the U.S., including The Priory, but to no avail.
She once hid up to 200 pills in padded bras, counfounding her doctors and specialists.
Her parents found thousands of pills in her apartment after her death, they said.
Willson-Pemberton was 'consumed' by her disease; 'it was all she thought about,' her devastated parents said.
“The world was her oyster, she could have done anything," her tearful father Robert Willson-Pemberton said in court during the inquest into her death.
"The disease consumed her. It was all she thought about."
Laxative pills can become addictive as the body builds up a tolerance, requiring more and more pills to achieve the same effect. The loss of water from the body may cause electrolyte imbalance, muscle spasms and irregular heartbeat. Abusing the pills can also seriously damage the intestines.
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Post time 5-4-2013 01:26 PM
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she looked like a 60 year old woman. 
Post time 5-4-2013 02:46 PM
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