A Spectre Is Haunting Australia

Didn't win, but she'll be back:

She was hoping to represent her country in the Miss Universe contest, and she certainly had a figure that turned heads.

...Critics said the 19-year-old was just skin and bone. With her 31-25-35 measurements she seemed to have trouble filling her already skimpy bikini as she paraded before the judges at the Australian finals of the pageant in Sydney.

...She weighs only 7st 7lb and has a Body Mass Index of 15.1 - and that, by World Health Organisation standards, means she is malnourished.

...Deborah Miller, director of the contest, said the model blamed her Macedonian heritage for her thin appearance.

'The women do have long, lithe bodies and small bones,' she said. 'It's their body type, just as Asian girls tend to be rather small.

'She doesn't have an eating disorder or anything like that. There's nothing wrong with her.'

But nutritionist Susie Burrell said: 'Macedonian body? I've not seen anything like that anywhere to support that.

'What I see in the photos is muscle wastage on the upper arm and legs.'

Miss Naumoska was beaten in the final by 21-year-old TV presenter and model Rachel Finch, who at 5ft 9in and measuring 34-24-34 appeared to have just a little more flesh than her skinny rival.