List of models who died during their careers in the 21st century
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This is a list of model
s (e.g. fashion models, glamour models or beauty queen
s) who have died in the 21st century
during their respective careers at an age when they could still have been active.
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
s (e.g. fashion models, glamour models or beauty queen
Beauty Queen
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s) who have died in the 21st century
21st century
The 21st century is the current century of the Anno Domini era or the Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The century began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 2100. The years from 2001 to 2010 are historical; the years from 2011 to 2100 are subject to futurology and...
during their respective careers at an age when they could still have been active.
2000s
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Alexandra Petrova | Russia | Beauty | 2000 | 19 | Murdered | |
Fernanda Vogel | Brazil | Fashion | 2001 | 20 | Helicopter crash | |
Natasha Duncan | United States | Fashion | 2001 | 21 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Elisa Bridges Elisa Bridges Elisa Rebeca Bridges was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1994, and Playboy's Video Playmate of the Month for September 1996. She appeared in several video productions from Playboy Home Video from 1996 to 2000. She also appeared as a... |
United States | Glamour | 2002 | 28 | Drug overdose Drug overdose The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced... |
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Nafisa Joseph Nafisa Joseph Nafisa Joseph was an Indian model and MTV video jockey. She was the winner of Miss India Universe 1997 and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe pageant.- Biography :Nafisa Joseph was brought up in the city of Bangalore... |
India | Beauty | 2004 | 25 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Sally Anne Bowman | United Kingdom | Fashion | 2005 | 18 | Murdered | |
Heather Bratton Heather Bratton Heather Bratton was an American fashion model, who was known in the mid 2000s as a promising teenage fashion model .-Modeling:... |
United States | Fashion | 2006 | 19 | Road accident | |
Ana Carolina Reston Ana Carolina Reston Ana Carolina Reston Macan was a Brazilian fashion model.Reston was born to a middle-class family in Jundiaí, on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. At the age of 13, she began her modeling career after winning a local beauty contest in her hometown... |
Brazil | Fashion | 2006 | 21 | Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate... |
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Luisel Ramos Luisel Ramos Luisel Ramos was a Uruguayan model.On August 2, 2006, at 9:15 p.m., Ramos died of heart failure caused by anorexia nervosa while participating in a fashion show during Fashion Week in Montevideo, Uruguay. Ramos had felt ill after walking the runway and subsequently fainted on her way back to the... |
Uruguay | Fashion | 2006 | 22 | Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate... |
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Audrey Lindvall Audrey Lindvall Audrey Kathryn Lindvall was an American model. She was the sister of supermodel Angela Lindvall, and the former face of Coach and Ann Taylor.-Biography:... |
United States | Fashion | 2006 | 23 | Road accident | |
Kuljeet Randhawa Kuljeet Randhawa Kuljeet Randhawa was an Indian actress and model. The former Gladrags model was best known for her role in the Kohinoor-series. Randhawa was born on 1 January 1976 in Ranigangh in West Bengal... |
India | Fashion | 2006 | 30 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Eliana Ramos Eliana Ramos Eliana "Elle" Ramos was a Uruguayan fashion model.-Modeling:Ramos was a fashion model in Latin America and was signed to Dotto Models, a prestigious modeling agency based in Argentina... |
Uruguay | Fashion | 2007 | 18 | Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate... |
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Katy French Katy French Katy Ellen French was an Irish socialite, model, writer, television personality and charity worker. According to the BBC, "in the space of less than two years, she had become one of Ireland's best-known models and socialites." She collapsed at a friend's house on 2 December 2007 and died on 6... |
Switzerland | Fashion | 2007 | 24 | Drug overdose Drug overdose The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced... |
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Hila Elmalich Hila Elmalich Hila Elmalich was an Israeli fashion model who died in 2007. Represented by the Israeli branch of the Elite Model Management modeling agency, she was once a famous fashion model in the country.... |
Israel | Fashion | 2007 | 33 | Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate... |
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Anna Nicole Smith Anna Nicole Smith In 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys... |
United States | Glamour | 2007 | 39 | Drug overdose Drug overdose The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced... |
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Ruslana Korshunova Ruslana Korshunova Ruslana Sergeyevna Korshunova was a Kazakh model of Russian descent. After establishing herself as a rising figure in the fashion industry by posing for magazines like Vogue and designers such as Vera Wang and Nina Ricci.... |
Kazakhstan | Fashion | 2008 | 20 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Erin Spanevello Erin Spanevello Erin Jean Maria Spanevello was a Canadian fashion model active in the late 2000s before dying from a drug overdose at the age of 21.... |
Canada | Fashion | 2008 | 21 | Drug overdose Drug overdose The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced... |
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Diana O'Brien | Canada | Fashion | 2008 | 22 | Murdered | |
Scarlet Garcia Scarlet Garcia (model) Scarlet Mae Bouffard Garcia was a Filipino glamour model. She was a member of the Viva Hot Babes girl group and was the covergirl of FHM Philippines in November 2007.-Career:... |
Philippines | Glamour | 2008 | 23 | Murdered | |
Sahar Daftary Sahar Daftary Sahar Daftary was a model and Face of Asia 2007 winner. She died in mysterious circumstances after splitting up with her married boyfriend... |
Afghanistan | Beauty | 2008 | 23 | Defenestration Defenestration Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.The term "defenestration" was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618. The word comes from the Latin de- and fenestra... |
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Hayley Marie Kohle | Canada | Fashion | 2008 | 26 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Anna Loginova Anna Loginova Anna Loginova was a Russian fashion model and later a trained bodyguard. She ran an agency, staffed with female bodyguards, some trained by the ex-KGB, to give discreet protection to Moscow's billionaires and their wives and mistresses. She was killed in a carjacking incident in Moscow... |
Russia | Fashion | 2008 | 29 | Carjacking Carjacking Carjacking is a form of hijacking, where the crime is of stealing a motor vehicle and so also armed assault when the vehicle is occupied. Historically, such as in the rash of semi-trailer truck hijackings during the 1960s, the general term hijacking was used for that type of vehicle abduction,... |
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Heather Stohler Heather Stohler Heather Stohler was an American model. Born as Heather Arrick she changed her name when she entered modeling. During her short career she worked on photoshoots with Kate Moss for Calvin Klein and also appeared on the covers of Italy's version of Vogue and Germany's version of Marie Claire... |
United States | Fashion | 2008 | 29 | Fire Fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition.... |
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Katoucha Niane Katoucha Niane Katoucha Niane was a French model. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess" , she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha"... |
Guinea | Fashion | 2008 | 47 | Drowning Drowning Drowning is death from asphyxia due to suffocation caused by water entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia.... |
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Mariana Bridi Costa | Brazil | Beauty | 2009 | 20 | Septicemia | |
Daul Kim Daul Kim Kim Daul was an international South Korean fashion model and blogger. She committed suicide at the age of 20.-Career:... |
South Korea | Fashion | 2009 | 20 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Sumire Sumire (model) , better known by her genjina ', was a Japanese hostess and fashion model, who was known as a featured model on the popular gal fashion magazine Koakuma Ageha.-Early life:... |
Japan | Fashion | 2009 | 21 | Brain hemorrhage | |
Woo Seung-yeon Woo Seung-yeon Woo Seung-yeon was a South Korean model and actress.-Biography:Woo began her career as a fashion model in magazine and television commercials, and had appeared in minor roles in the films Herb and Private Eye... |
South Korea | Fashion | 2009 | 25 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Lucy Gordon Lucy Gordon (actress) Lucy Gordon was a British actress and model. She became a face of CoverGirl in 1997 before starting an acting career. Her first film was Perfume in 2001 before going on to have small roles in Spider-Man 3, Serendipity and The Four Feathers... |
United Kingdom | Fashion | 2009 | 28 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Liliana Lozano Liliana Lozano Liliana Andrea Lozano was a Colombian actress and beauty queen, and was the girlfriend of drug lord Leonidas Vargas. Lozano won a national beauty contest at the Carnival in Colombia in 1995. She started her television career as a game show presenter, and eventually acted on such shows as Pasión de... |
Colombia | Beauty | 2009 | 30 | Murdered |
2010s
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Marie-Christine Gessinger Marie-Christine Gessinger Marie-Christine Gessinger was an Austrian fashion model active from late 2000s to early 2010s before dying in a car accident at the age of 17.... |
Austria | Fashion | 2010 | 17 | Car accident Car accident A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,... |
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Melody Gersbach Melody Gersbach Melody Adelaide Manuel Gersbach was best known as a beauty pageant contestant from the Philippines.-Personal life:... |
Philippines | Beauty | 2010 | 24 | Car accident Car accident A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,... |
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Isabelle Caro | Early Modern France | Fashion | 2010 | 28 | Undetermined | |
Lina Marulanda Lina Marulanda Lina Marulanda was a Colombian television personality and model.-Early life:Marulanda was born Lina María Marulanda Cuartas in Medellín, Colombia. She began her modeling career at age 12... |
Colombia | Fashion | 2010 | 29 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Viveka Babajee Viveka Babajee Viveka Babajee was a Mauritian-born Indian model and actress. She held the titles of Miss Mauritius World 1993 and Miss Mauritius Universe 1994. She was best known for her KamaSutra condom advertisements of the 1990s, and for her involvement in the so-called Metro Manila Film Festival scam of... |
Mauritius | Fashion | 2010 | 37 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Gabby Joseph | United Kingdom | Fashion | 2011 | 16 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Jeniffer Viturino | Brazil | Fashion | 2011 | 17 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Katya Koren | Ukraine | Beauty | 2011 | 19 | Murdered | |
Michelle Monkhouse Michelle Monkhouse Michelle Kathleen Monkhouse was a Canadian fashion model active from late 2000s to early 2010s before dying in a road accident at the age of 19.-Biography:... |
Canada | Fashion | 2011 | 19 | Road accident | |
Emily Spickler | United States | Fashion | 2011 | 19 | Food poisoning | |
Iveta Kostialova | Slovakia | Fashion | 2011 | 20 | Murdered | |
Yu-ri Kim Yu-ri Kim Yu-ri Kim was a South Korean fashion model, who was active from late 2000s to early 2010s. Despite being considered one of the most promising models in the runway scene in South Korea, she died in the middle of her career after allegedly committing suicide.-Biography:Kim was born in Seoul and... |
South Korea | Fashion | 2011 | 22 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Miyu Uehara Miyu Uehara , better known as , was a Japanese gravure idol and TV personality, who gained popularity as a "poverty idol".-Life:Uehara was born on the island of Tanegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the youngest of 10 siblings. She attended high school in Kagoshima for a brief time before dropping out... |
Japan | Glamour | 2011 | 24 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Tatyana Kanyuka | Ukraine | Glamour | 2011 | 26 | Car accident Car accident A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,... |
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LaShawna Threatt | United States | Fashion | 2011 | 30 | Defenestration Defenestration Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.The term "defenestration" was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618. The word comes from the Latin de- and fenestra... |
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Cibele Dorsa Cibele Dorsa Cibele Dorsa was a Brazilian actress, model and writer. She also appeared on the cover of the April 2008 issue of Playboy Brazil.-Personal life:... |
Brazil | Glamour | 2011 | 36 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Mia Amber Davis Mia Amber Davis Mia Amber DavisBorn as an illegitimate child to James Pruitt who never aknolege her. was an American plus-size model and actress, who was best known for her role in the film Road Trip.... |
United States | Fashion | 2011 | 36 | Blood clot Thrombus A thrombus , or blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. It is achieved via the aggregation of platelets that form a platelet plug, and the activation of the humoral coagulation system... |
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Brian Bianchini Brian Bianchini Brian Leo Bianchini was an American male model, and occasional film actor, active from the late 1990s through the mid 2000s.-Early life:... |
United States | 2004 | 25 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Josh Whittier | United States | 2007 | 21 | Murdered | |
Randy Johnston | United States | 2008 | 20 | Drug overdose Drug overdose The term drug overdose describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities greater than are recommended or generally practiced... |
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Luiz Freiberger | Brazil | 2010 | 21 | Unknown | |
Filip Kapisoda Filip Kapisoda Filip Kapisoda was a Montenegrin male model. He was born in Cetinje, in Yugoslavia. He was one of the tenants of the Serbian show, Big Brother VIP All Stars. Because of his attractive looks, Kapisoda received an offer from designer Rocco Barocco, but he rejected it in order to create a career in... |
Kingdom of Montenegro | 2010 | 22 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Tom Nicon Tom Nicon Tom Nicon was a French fashion model who modeled for a number of clients including Louis Vuitton, GQ and Vogue,. He took part in shows for Burberry Prorsum, John Varvatos, Moncler, Moschino, Z Zegna, Dries van Noten, Hugo Boss, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Tim Hamilton and Yves Saint... |
Early Modern France | 2010 | 22 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Ambrose Olsen Ambrose Olsen Ambrose Olsen was an American male fashion model known for starring in dozens of ad campaigns for Armani and Hugo Boss.-Early:... |
United States | 2010 | 24 | Suicide Suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse... |
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Charles Devoe Charles Devoe Charles Devoe was a successful American male model.He was known for appearing in ad campaigns for numerous brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, Abercrombie & Fitch and Anne Klein.-Biography:... |
United States | 2010 | 28 | Surfing accident Surfing Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore... |
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Murilo Rezende | Brazil | 2011 | 21 | Murdered | |
Eric Zentner | United States | 2011 | 30 | Road accident |