Brazilian beauty queen, 21, dies during surgery to remove a tumor near her liver
- Vanessa Soares died Wednesday while undergoing an emergency operation to remove a tumor
- The 21-year-old was admitted to Roraima General Hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima, on Tuesday after tests revealed the tumor in her abdomen near the liver
- Soares was recognized as Miss Rorainópolis in 2016 and 2020
- She also won the Miss Teen Roraima pageant in 2018
A Brazilian beauty queen died while she underwent surgery to remove a tumor in her abdomen.
Vanessa Soares, 21, passed away Wednesday morning during her emergency procedure at Roraima General Hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima.
A cousin of Soares, according to news outlet G1, said that the three-time beauty pageant winner was at her home when she felt pain in her abdominal area Tuesday night and visited the Cosme Silva Emergency Room.
Vanessa Soares, a three-time beauty pageant winner in Brazil, died Wednesday morning during her emergency operation at Roraima General Hospital in Boa Vista, Roraima. The 21-year-old nursing school student was diagnosed with a tumor in her abdomen, near her liver, after visiting an urgent care unit Tuesday night, Brazilian news outlet G1 reported
Vanessa Soares Soares won the Miss Rorainópolis pageants in 2016 and 2020. She also won the Miss Teen Roraima beauty contest in 2018
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Soares was transferred to Roraima General Hospital, where additional testing detected the tumor near her liver.
According to the Roraima Health Department, Soares 'had a very serious pattern of hypotension and hemorrhage caused by abdominal tumors.'
'Despite all the efforts of the medical team, the young woman did not withstand and died at dawn on Wednesday,' the Roraima Health Department added.
The Roraima Health Department said in a statement that Vanessa Soares 'had a very serious pattern of hypotension and hemorrhage caused by abdominal tumors.' She was only 21
Matheus Soares described his sister, Vanessa Soares, as someone who 'has always been an admirable, loving, captivating, friendly girl.'
Vanessa Soares, who died during surgery to remove a tumor Wednesday in Roraima, Brazil, won the Miss Teen Roraima pageant in 2018. She also placed first in the Miss Rorainópolis beauty contests in 2016 and 2020
Soares was recognized as Miss Rorainópolis in 2016 and 2020. She also won the Miss Teen Roraima pageant in 2018.
She was scheduled to be buried Thursday in the rural city of Rorainópolis, where her parents live.
'She has always been an admirable, loving, captivating, friendly girl. Beautiful inside and out,' her brother Matheus Soares wrote on his Instagram account next to a photo of the siblings hugging. 'She is gone, but she is kept in my heart.'
The late Vanessa Soares won the Miss Rorainópolis 2016 and 2020 beauty pageants in Brazil
Vanessa Soares, a 21-year-old Brazilian beauty queen, studied nursing at Estácio College
Brazilian beauty queen Vanessa Soares died Wednesday in Boa Vista, Roraima, while she underwent an emergency surgery to remove a tumor that had been detected Tuesday night during a visit to an urgent care unit after she experienced abdominal pain. Tests showed that the tumor was located in the abdomen near the liver
Soares' musician friend, Gustavo Kisney, said that she 'showed that we should always smile and love, because you never know when the last hug and the last message is.'
Soares was a nursing student at Estácio College.
'May God comfort you all in this moment of pain and consternation,' the school said in a statement. 'At this difficult time, receive and embrace of affection and solidarity.'
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