Body Dismorphic Disorder

Not so long ago Mischa Barton was criticized for having a disturbingly low BMI (body mass index). Something changed by the time she attended the London premiere of "Homecoming," her latest movie. She was set to star in "The Beautiful Life," a hotties-with-issues drama on the CW network. She was cast as a supermodel struggling to stay on top of her game in the face of fierce competition. Production is now delayed. It turns out her own issues landed her in the hospital... Under an involuntary psychiatric hold. Los Angeles police confirmed they were called and removed the 23-year-old actress from her home. Mischa Barton rose to fame as Marissa Cooper on "The OC," based around a group of teenagers living in a wealthy Orange County, California suburb. That character had issues, too. A source who spoke to Barton just hours before she was hospitalized tells E! News that the starlet was acting increasingly erratic. Theories on what's ailing her have ranged from self-esteem issues to an eating disorder to substance abuse. In December 2007 she was arrested and later pleaded no contest to a drunken driving charge. If you were cast for your supermodel appearance, you'd be in trouble as a production deadline loomed and your appearance ---> had substantially changed. You'd lose the job, be liable for the expense of production delays... And the subject of lots of snarky blog posts, like this.