8/15/2017 NZ woman who got anorexia at 12 now an actress in LA | Daily Mail Online Tuesday, Aug 15th 2017 8AM 17°C 11AM 20°C 5-Day Forecast Home News U.S. Sport TV&Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Fashion Finder Latest Headlines News World News Arts Headlines France Pictures Most read Wires Discounts Login 'I didn't know how sick I was, I didn't Site Web Enter your search think anything was wrong': Woman Like Follow Daily Mail @dailymailuk suffering from anorexia at just 12 years Follow +1 Daily Mail Daily Mail old reveals how she turned her life DON'T MISS around and is now chasing her dreams Taylor Swift vows to donate to sexual abuse victims after she WINS of becoming an actress her assault case: Singer is awarded symbolic $1 Laura Beverley, from New Zealand, was disgnosed with anorexia at 12 years old in damages as jury finds DJ DID grope her The aspiring actress had treatment in San Diego using the Mandometer Method It involved monitoring food intake and 'fullness', as well as 'warm room' therapy PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: She now lives in Los Angeles and is pursuing her dream to become an actress Angelina Jolie enjoys sweet outing with formerly estranged By KIRBY SPENCER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA father Jon Voight as they take Vivienne to art PUBLISHED: 09:58 BST, 13 August 2017 | UPDATED: 05:47 BST, 15 August 2017 class 1 'The police need to View comments have a word with her!' Scathing Luisa Zissman causes outrage for suggesting CBB's A 23-year-old woman who was diagnosed with anorexia at just 12 years old has Jemma Lucy 'should be revealed how she turned her life around to chase her Hollywood dreams. washed in ACID' No bra, no problem! Laura Beverley, from New Zealand, had to be hospitalised and tube fed after her Kim Kardashian flashes weight plummeted to dangerous levels before she had even reached her teen years. nipples in a sheer crop top as she steps out in high-waist jogger pants But after undergoing treatment in San Diego more than 10 years ago, the LA-based and high heels in Los Angeles ilm star said she found a way to 'stop destroying myself' and live a normal life. 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I had been in a gradual slide to that point,' she said. 'At the time I didn't know how sick I was, I had started going through puberty and 'Magic hour': Emily Ratajkowski flaunts her that was changing my body. bikini body as she poses in a sunbeam for home photoshoot on SHARE THIS RELATED ARTICLES Instagram ARTICLE Sexy lady 'I don't feel guilty about 'I lost 25 kilograms in six food anymore': Model, months': The Bachelor's 'You're stressing me 28, whose... Natalie... the f*** out': Kim Kardashian goes on 'Seeking help is never a 'I was hours from foul-mouthed tirade against fans... before weakness': Lily Collins death': How a girl called slipping into VERY reveals... a 'fat whale'... revealing bodysuit 'You won't end up But the treatment facilities she went to in New Zealand were not specialised to deal together!' Louise Thompson tells Mimi with eating disorders and failed to work for her. 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Fans express outrage +11 as ill Miranda Hart is forced to pull out of her West End show Annie at Speaking about her disorder, Laura (pictured during treatment in San Diego) told Daily Mail the last minute for an Australia that her situation changed dramatically just before her teenage years entire week When she failed to get better, her parents heard about a treatment program from What a Cara on! Birthday girl Delevingne Sweden that had produced promising results. goes TOPLESS after rocking skimpy bikini before paragliding with 'We met another family who had sent their daughter to the Mandometer Method her gal pals on £100,000 program and they highly recommended it, so we went to a talk.' 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