EXHIBIT 3.16


                                                        ENDORSED
                                                         FILED
                                         In the office of the Secretary of State
                                               of the State of  California
                                                       JAN 1 1994

                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                    HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL OF EUROPE, INC.

     ONE: The name of this corporation is Herbalife International of Europe,
Inc.

     TWO: The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business
or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California
Corporations Code.

     THREE: The name and address of this corporation's initial agent for
service of process is:

          Patti Berman
          9800 La Cienega Boulevard, 13th Floor
          Inglewood, California 90301

     FOUR: This corporation is authorized to issue one class of shares of
stock; the total number of said shares is 1,000.

     FIVE: The liability of the directors of this corporation for monetary
damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California
law.

     SIX: This corporation is authorized to indemnify the directors and
officers of this corporation to the fullest extent permissible under California
law.

     Dated: December 29, 1993




                                        /s/ S. A. Morgan
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                                        S. A. Morgan, Incorporator