Real World' Deals With a Grim Reality- Paula Meronek, in addition to an eating disorder, had a drinking problem and was in an abusive relationship.

In February, when "The Real World" began its 17th season on MTV, it opened with snippets from the cast's homemade audition tapes. One young man caught a Frisbee while dressed as Scooby-Doo. Another fumbled a cartwheel. A dark-haired teen-ager jiggled her breasts to show that they were real. Eventually a slight, blond woman, Paula Meronek, looked into the camera — with a bathroom-tile backdrop — and said: "I need a fresh start. I need a new start. Because I recently became kind of, a little bit, bulimic." To read the rest of the article ........ CLICK HERE.