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Skeletal Cate Blanchett is looking a bit thin on glamour
Last updated at 08:10am on 09.05.07As anyone who has seen her on screen knows, Cate Blanchett has always been slender.
But the 37-year-old actress's gaunt appearance startled onlookers as she arrived at a benefit gala.
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Cate's shock new look
With her collarbones protruding and looking painfully thin, the Lord Of The Rings star was barely recognisable as she walked down the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The stick-thin look was not helped by the Oscar-winner's shock of scarlet make-up or her swept-up hair.
An observer said: "Perhaps it was just an unfortunate trick of the light, but her shoulders and chest were all bony while her collarbones looked really prominent.
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Cate (left, in New York) looked even thinner than usual
"More worryingly, her hair, which had been piled up into a bun, looked thin and wispy — often a sign of dramatic weight loss."
Other slender stars at the event celebrating the work of French designer Paul Poiret, who died in 1944, included Kate Moss, Lindsay Lohan and Renee Zellweger.
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Cate walked the red carpet with a handsome fellow guest
But the observer said: "Although Cate was apparently in good spirits, she was definitely one of the skinniest celebrities there."
The actress, once a size 12, is said to be a fan of celebrity diet guru Dr Nishi Joshu.
Miss Blanchett rarely speaks about her diet and lifestyle, but she was relatively quick to lose her pregnancy weight after giving birth to her sons Dashiell John, five, and three-year-old Roman.
Reader views (4)
What a shame, such an unflattering photo. I don't assume to know what is going on in someone elses life and Kate usually looks so beautiful, I do hope she's ok.
- Jules, Lancashire UK
I believe this weight was lost for a role in a film.
- Tobias Xelkythe, Houston, TX, USA
She looks truly awful, like she's severely ill. Why do women think this emaciated look is so attractive? I don't know one man who finds this look a turn on, it's extremely unattractive. She's nothing more than a bag of bones now and looks awful. I did credit her with more sense than this and thought she'd be one of the top actresses who wouldn't succumb to this dreadful craze. Seems I was wrong! What a truly sorry sight.
- Paul Wilson, London, UK
Not another fool. Would someone please give this stupid woman a decent meal or 10!
- Geraldine, London
