22-year old French model Tom Nicon was found dead on Friday morning. He fell 40ft from his apartment in central Milan on the eve of Milan Men's Fashion Week. It is being treated as suicide as sources claim that Nicon was feeling very low and depressed in the days leading up to his death. This is just the latest in a recent spate of suicides or suicide attempts within the fashion industry. Since November of last year , we can count Daul Kim, Ambrose Olsen and Lina Marulanda - all in their 20s - and designer Alexander McQueen (40) among those who have taken their own lives. Last month model Noemie Lenoir (30) attempted suicide by taking an overdose of alcohol and drugs.
Posting on fashion blog Isaac Likes, an anonymous contributor wrote:
"People think we are young and beautiful and rich and happy. But we're not. We go to castings and the directors take one look at us and then we're dismissed. You spend your whole life wondering what's wrong with you. Why didn't I get that job? You're competing with your friends, you're away from your family. The pressure is huge. It's not the fairytale life people would expect."
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