Ten years after Karen Car-penter's death, it was reported that Japanese entertainers Rie Miyazawa and Akina Nakamori were also victims. Photos of their emaciated forms were featured widely in gossip magazines, and it was at that time that Taiwanese finally began to understand what anorexia was.
卡本特事件 10 年後，又傳出日本藝人宮澤理惠、中森明菜等人相繼罹患厭食症，她們枯瘦不成人形的照片在八卦雜誌上廣為流傳，這時，台灣人才開始了解什麼是厭食症。