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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen had planned to choke their 18th birthday on June 13 side by side. But when the much-hyped day arrived, Ashley was left to remark with come to the fore her twin sister, first poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel and then with a Jaunt to Mexico with two pals. One week later(prenominal) the reason for Mary-Skates absence became clear The star, recently the focus of speculation regarding her Increasingly frail-looking body, had been admitted to an undisclosed facility for discourse related to an eating disorder. This is a gainsay that Mary-Kate has made a decision to face, says her rep Michael Poignant. This is a challenge she will meet. The admission struck a sad and troubled note for Mary-Kate, who a grand with Ashley has turned their double as positive, clean-scrubbed role models into a crease empire that grossed more than $1 billion in gross sales last year. Yet to friends, family and even casual onlookers, the subject of Mary-Skates health has been a source of concern In recent months. Although the petite twins (Mary-Kate is 52 Ashley Is 51 have always been slender, Mary-Kate appeared to be painfully thin of late.So widespread was the bubble about her weight that the actress herself poked fun at It when the twins hosted the May 15 Saturday Night Live vie paparazzi photographers, they shouted, Mary-Kate, youre so skinny?eat a sandwich Sadly, beneath the playfulness was a health crisis. on that point was an intervention, says some ane who has known the Olsen for several years, adding that the twins father, Dave, and Mary-Skates therapist committed her to a treatment facility soon subsequently her June 7 high school graduation. They finally reached the point where they had to act. They didnt want to find her dead on the al-Qaeda from not eating. Those close to the star say that there was no single Incident that triggered the decision to set about professional treatment rather, Mary-Skates problems had steadily worsened wi th time. One source says that the change In Mary-Kate, who dates Boston University scholar David Guttenberg, 21 (his dad Is Trademarks studio expounder Jeffrey Guttenberg), first became evident two years ago. She looked different, says the source. She developed circles under her eyes. scaffolding the intervention before Mary-Kate turned 18 meant that her parents still had a legal right o search treatment for her.It isnt the first time her family has tried to aid Mary-Kate, whom close pals call MS. According to one source, afterwards the actress got into a minor car accident about a year and a half ago her father tried motivating her to eat by telling her she couldnt get her black Range rover back until she gained some weight. Another source says the family hired someone to monitor Mary-Skates eating. Sometimes she was taken out of school to eat, says a former classmate at Campbell Hall high school. During the last year she had an bountiful eating with her most of the time.Eve ryone knew how skinny she was. disorder, says director Dennis Gordon, who helped the twins spring comedy current York Minute. l had a bulk of meals with her, and it didnt seem there was anything wrong. Adds Dir. Drew Pinky, the TV psychologist turned actor who played the twins father in New York Minute She was the sweetest of the two. But I didnt note anything. She hid it well. Such deception is typical behavior among eating-disorder sufferers, many of whom go to elaborate lengths to disguise their problems. Everyone was very angry with Mary-Kate at first, says a source.Shes lied so much and for so long. Its part of the illness. In fact, both Mary-Kate and Ashley flatly denied such problems in an interview with PEOPLE in April. cosmos in the public eye, youre labeled that you have an eating disorder, Ashley said at the time. You have a dose addiction, said Mary- Kate. We dont have problems declared Ashley. The fraternal twins?MS has long been known as the free-spirited one Ashley as the sophisticated one?have also put on a united bowel movement dealing with other recent challenges, including the dismal $13. 7 million box office for New York Minute. We ere in reality disappointed, says Gordon. They were incredibly mature about it. They said, Okay, I guess we cant open a movie Just yet. conterminous Showbiz vets since making their debut on Full House at Just 9 months old, the girls have long been praised for their business savvy and solid grounding. But others have wondered if the stress placed on their slender shoulders would last take a toll, as it has on other young Hollywood stars (see sidebar). The pressures of the entertainment and fashion business are pressures that Mary-Kate and Ashley both have always thrived on, says a friend.That said, theres no doubt that the pressure of being successful, raceway a business and planning for college?thats a lot. Still, adds the friend, l dont think you can draw a unbent line between the pressure in nobodys life to this sort of illness. Says Carolyn Costing, the director of the Eating Disorder totality of California and the Monte Indo Treatment Center in Malibu We look at it like theres a gun, a bullet and the trigger The gun is biological predisposition, the culture is the bullet and something like the stress of being a celebrity is what pulls the trigger.Not helping matters is the ever-present skinny sweepstakes among young women, many of whom worship stars like Mary-Kate as a source of administration, Shortly after Mary-Skates appearance at a May premiere, Web surfers on a bulletin board at guru. Com posted messages like, Im convinced shes Ana a slang term for anorexic Another online follower took notice of Mary-Skates red string bracelet, which some teens and young adults wear as a signal of their Ana pride and to propel themselves not to eat. (Her reps response l dont believe thats true of Mary-Kate. )