Influencer Yasmim Ângela Feitosa de Souza has died at the age of 26, just two days after celebrating her birthday with friends.
Her mother confirmed that the creator, who had more than 23,000 Instagram followers, became gravely ill on November 12 and died later that day at home in Petrolina, Brazil.
While speaking in Portuguese to Brazilian news outlet g1, her mother explained that the illness came on rapidly after Yasmim consumed alcohol with two friends during a gathering on the night of November 10.
‘They drank on Monday night, and then yesterday my daughter’s boyfriend woke up feeling unwell,’ her mother said. ‘My daughter, however, was happy all day, playing with everyone, she went to the market with me, we did our grocery shopping, we had lunch out. And it was at night that she started feeling unwell. And then I couldn’t save my daughter.’
The University Hospital of Univasf told g1 that a patient matching the circumstances arrived on November 12 with a report of menthol poisoning, part of what they described as a recent pattern of similar cases in the region.
Authorities are currently analyzing the bottle of whisky the influencer and her friends consumed, which her mother estimated to be about one and a half liters in total.
Influencer Yasmim Ângela Feitosa de Souza has died at the age of 26, just two days after celebrating her birthday with friends
De Souza regularly posted lifestyle and relationship content and often featured her boyfriend in her videos and photos.
Her final Instagram update appears to have been on November 5, when she shared a humorous text-message exchange between the two.
According to g1, Yasmim de Souza will be laid to rest on Thursday, Nov. 13, at a cemetery near her home.
