Outside of South America, Eliana also worked in Mexico and stayed in Japan for three months in early 2006 with her sister Luisel.

On February 13, 2007, Eliana Ramos was found dead at her grandparents' home in Montevideo, Uruguay, at age 18.

Preliminary examinations indicated the cause of death as heart attack,[1] believed to be related to malnutrition;[2] final test results were released at a later date.

Fellow models confirmed that she had suffered for many months after her sister Luisel Ramos, 22, died of heart failure, but rejected speculations that an eating disorder could have played a role.

The sisters' father, Luis Ramos, was a former football player for the Uruguay national team, and was reportedly vacationing with his wife elsewhere in the country at the time of Eliana's death.