France’s government last night debated a bill banning excessively thin fashion models as well as potentially fining the agency or fashion house that hires them and sending the agents to jail.

A French actress and model, whose emaciated image helped turn global attention to anorexia in the fashion world, has died at the age of 28.

ISABELLE Caro, a French actress and model whose emaciated image appeared in a shock Italian ad campaign and whose anorexia and career were followed by others suffering from eating disorders, has died at the age of 28.