Who was Valentina Boscardin, the 18-year-old Brazilian model who died of coronavirus

Brazilian society is still shocked by the death of 18-year-old Valentina Boscardin, who died in the early hours of Sunday 9 in a São Paulo hospital after contracting the coronavirus covid-19. Daughter of a famous host from that country, Marcia Boscardin, the young woman took her first steps as a model and dreamed of being an actress.

“Mourning. It is with great pain that I say goodbye to the love of my life. Goodbye, Valentina Boscardin Mendes, may God receive you with open arms. An angel goes up to heaven”, were the words of his mother to announce the death of Valentina.

The passing of Valentina surprised many because the young woman had both vaccines against the coronavirus Y did not suffer from previous illnesses that could complicate his health when contracting the virus than in Brazil It has already caused more than 620 thousand deaths.

Valentina She was a model at the Ford Models Agency and was preparing for his international career in campaigns for brands such as Givenchy, Christian Dior, Valentino, Armani and more. It is that the young woman wanted to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who, before being a recognized driver from Brazil, modeled for those brands.

On her Instagram account, Valentina is seen posing in different parts of the world alone, with her family or with friends. “The simplest things in life”, she had written in one of her last posts, where she appeared with a smile, dressed in a T-shirt, on the beach.

Comments from her friends They describe her as a positive, cheerful person who loved sweets, being with her family and acting. What she wanted most, according to her relatives, was to act, and that is how she is seen in different posts in which she recites texts on camera.

“Everything I see reminds me of you, I look at some sweets and think ´Valentina loved sweets´, I see a movie and I remember what a good actress you were, I was sure I would see you on a screen, acting in some gringo movie, because you really had talent”, wrote a friend of the young woman.

Other friends say that she was a very positive and warm person: “Every time I smile I remember that at your side the only alternative was to smile, because with you life was never sad, you taught me to enjoy life and to stop taking some things so seriously. serious, that for a capricorn like me it was a tremendous evolution. Everything I learned from you I will carry with my life.

Meanwhile, her mother defined her as “Intelligent, dedicated, applied and determined” in a post he had made on November 22 last, when Valentina graduated from high school.