Nigerian beauty queen has died after been in a coma for four months following a botched buttocks enlargement operation went wrong.
Onwuzuligbo Nneka Miriam,went to have the procedure to transfer fat from her hips to her buttocks for her beauty contests which allegedly left her life in danger since December 2018.
According to reports the fat had entered Onwuzuligbo Nneka’s lungs.
Onwuzuligbo Nneka came mightily close to winning the Face of Democracy Transformation in Nigeria, an annual contest which celebrates pageant diversity.
She narrowly missed out in 2013, but since claimed she won.
Alexander Ajagbonno, who organises the competition, has today expressed his regret at the death.
Politicians in Nigeria have also paid tribute to the model.
“Just heard about the ex-beauty queen who died during a buttock enlargement procedure in Lagos.
“So Sad. And what a terrible way to go.
“Those that are not satisfied with their buttocks must beware. Vanity upon vanity! RIP,” wrote the country’s former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode.
Others shared their sadness at “Sparkle”‘s death.
It comes as a model in China remains fighting for her life after collapsing.
Alisa Mitrova, 21, fainted on the catwalk during a gruelling seven-month arrangement on tiny pay.
She was wrongly diagnosed with chickenpox at first but now doctors say she has bacterial meningitis.
Her heartbroken mum Lina, 45, said: “Now all we pray about is that she survives.
“We don’t ask for anything else.”