Earlier this year, the bloggers at Talent Management were disgusted to discover Skinny Gossip; a pro-skinny, verging on pro-ana, blog written by an anonymous ex-editorial model who prides herself in keeping very thin.

Aside from some disturbingly cruel posts that attacked swimwear model turned fashion model Kate Upton, labelling her “thick, vulgar, almost pornographic, and a solid 30 lbs too heavy”, the site also boasted a section contentiously named ‘Starving Tips of the Day’.

One so-called tip from a Skinny Gossip reader read: “Think of your stomach pains in a whole new light. Your stomach doesn’t hurt because you are hungry, that burning feeling is fat melting off of you. When I am out and tempted by fast foods or conveniences (candy bars, cereal bars…yes they are just as bad) I grab a handful or as much as I can anyway of my stomach and think of how gross it would be if I ate whenever I want.”

For a site that claims not to encourage eating disorders or self-harm, this is shocking.

Following the predicable backlash that ensued once the blogging community caught wind of this and many more starving tips, the blog’s author, self-named ‘Skinny Gurl’, has since vowed to remove them from her site.

However, her promise to do this came with a worrying suggestion that she may bring them back, just under a different name.

“I am removing the ‘Starving Tips of the Day’,” she wrote, “until I can review, edit, and possibly re-title it. While I believe most of them are solid tips for avoiding overeating or curbing cravings, I do see some of them that, upon further reflection, I can no longer support.”

The blogger also admitted that she was being “intentionally outrageous” when she wrote the now infamous comments about Kate Upton, which included saying she has “huge thighs, NO waist, big fat floppy boobs, and terrible body definition”.

Although still defending her right to celebrate the skinny body type, she said she never meant to upset anyone or present herself as pro-ana.

“I never imagined it would grow to the point where the celebrities I was writing about were actually reading the articles, and that has made me think,” she wrote, promising to make her blog more sensitive to those suffering with an eating disorder.

The models at Talent Management, both plus size and naturally slim, all hope that she actions her words and the starving tips don’t made a return!