Posted by Colleen Kane
It has now come to this: a beauty pageant contestant died mid-pageant due to her unhealthy weight-loss tactics.
Russian contestant Olga Shkolkina, who was 20 years old, had been starving herself and popping weight-loss pills. She collapsed after a dance routine on stage that put too much strain on her heart, reported the Croatian Times.
Funny, and tragic, that they're not drug testing in all pageants yet.
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About Colleen Kane
Colleen has been an editor at BUST and Playgirl magazines and has written for the endangered species of dead-tree magazines like SPIN and Plenty, as well as Radar Online and other websites. She lives in exile in Baton Rouge with her fiance, two dogs, and her former cat. Read her personal blogs at ColleenKane.com.