Warning: Excessive Heat May Cause Fainting, Hair Loss, Aversion To Anything Containing More than Fifteen Calories

Nicole Richie is the runt of the spindly-legged, razor-sharp collar-boned Hollywood kitten litter. Try as they might, Mischa Barton, Keira Knightley, even Kate Bosworth can't push the scale numbers low enough to compete with Richie. But being the tiniest little kitten has it's disadvantages. Nicole is banished to the corners of the towel-lined cardboard box (otherwise known as the clearance rack at Kitson) while her stronger kitty brethren suckle at Mummy's teats (obvs, Koi). Nicole peers sadly behind her under-fed, saucer-like eyes (bug-eyed Dior sunglasses) struggling to just stay conscious. And sometimes poor Nicole loses that struggle.

Nicole was attempting to spend a hefty chunk of her Simple Life dollars recently (do they have a Gap Kids on Robertson Blvd.?) when she reportedly fainted. An "eyewitness" told Life & Style:

She was looking through a rack of clothes when she suddenly fainted and hit the floor. The staff helped her to a chair and offered her something to eat. She shot back, "No!" and mumbled something about it being "so hot."

We think we've hit upon the failure of Mischa et al. to keep up with Nicole in losing so much weight that even their internal organs look emaciated. If Keira had been the one who fainted in a shop, when that $300 fruit and cheese plate was offered, out of bodily weakness she would have caved and swallowed an entire green grape before saying, "Thanks, I'm full now. Let's go to Harrods." Will you never learn, Keira? What's the use to possessing the newest Balenciaga bag if you can't curl up your entire body and stuff it inside?

If you think thin is in, then check out Nicole at MrSkin.com.