Barbara Jankavski, known as the “Human Barbie” for her extreme aesthetic transformations after undergoing numerous surgeries, was found dead in a home in São Paulo after having sex with a 51-year-old lawyer.
Barbara Jankavski died under suspicious circumstances at the age of 31. PHOTO: Instagram/Barbara Jankavski
The influencer died at the age of 31. The young woman, who had a strong social media presence with more than 55,000 followers on Instagram and around 344,000 on TikTok, was found dead on November 2 in a house in São Paulo, Brazil, after the man who had hired her for a sex match, a lawyer, called 911 to report that she was not breathing.
According to a police report reviewed by CNN Brasil, public prosecutor Renato Campos Pinto de Vitto, 51, said he hired Jankavski for “sexual services” that night and that during the meeting they allegedly consumed drugs together.
According to the lawyer’s account, when he noticed that Barbara Jankavski was no longer breathing in her sleep, he contacted the São Paulo Mobile Emergency Service (SAMU) and followed the operators’ instructions for about nine minutes, attempting resuscitation maneuvers, until the medical crew arrived.
“Medical personnel pronounced her dead at the scene,” de Vitto said, according to the same source.
The São Paulo State Military Police report also states that Barbara Jankavski was found wearing only her underwear, with a wound in the area of her left eye and visible marks on her back.
Although some media sources reported that a friend of the influencer stated that the facial wound was caused by a previous fall, the authorities stated that they are treating the young woman’s death as “suspicious” and are awaiting the results of the autopsy, including toxicology tests, to determine the exact cause of death.
Wave of reactions from his fans
According to the same source, Barbara Jankavski had not updated her social media accounts for more than a month before her death, her last post dating from October 1 and being a video made together with the influencer Avós Da Razão.
Over time, she has been open about her cosmetic surgeries, admitting that she underwent at least 27 procedures that cost more than $56,000. These included neck, tummy and leg liposuctions, breast and buttock augmentations, brow lifts and no less than five rhinoplasty.
After learning the tragic news, fans filled the comment sections with messages of condolences and regret.
Messages left by fans on the influencer’s page. PHOTO: Instagram/Barbara Jankavski
“I can’t believe it. I loved you so much. Rest in peace!” wrote an admirer.
Another added: “I hope God welcomes you with open arms. I can’t believe you’re gone.”
Another poignant comment said: “You lived a little of the life you loved, and that gives us little consolation.”
“God, how sad, I really enjoyed her content. Rest in peace!”, another fan posted.
The tragedy comes shortly after another controversial death in the world of influencers: OnlyFans model and Taiwanese content creator Iris Hsieh, known as the “Nurse Goddess”, was found dead in a bathtub in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur last month.
After the death was initially categorized as “sudden death”, the investigation by the Malaysian authorities revealed the fact that it was a murder, and the investigations were resumed. Iris Hsieh, 31, a former medical student, had a following of more than two million people and earned about $40,000 a month from content published online.
