Tragedy on the podium: the model Tales Cotta collapsed and died soon after

Tales Cotta was only 26 years oldand he was making a place in the world of modeling in his native Brazil, but his life ended unexpectedly while he was participating in the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, the biggest industrial event of your country.

Cotta parade Saturday night for the brand Ocksa, the day of the closing, when He started to wobble and finally ended up on the floor, unconscious.

The young model he was immediately treated on the podium and was taken to a nearby hospital, but he died soon after, when he was badessed by the doctors.

The organization of Fashion Week pointed out that Cotta had suffered a "sudden decomposition in the parade" andAlthough he was promptly treated by the doctors of the event and taken to the hospital, he unfortunately could not resist.

Despite the tragedy, the organizers decided to follow the event, which was disavowed by one of the singers who appeared on the day of the closing. "A person has just died and they are here as if life is worthless", He told the audience before leaving the stage.

The show continued despite the death of Tales Soares, his real name, with models with banners manuscript on the podium with messages of homage to his partner.

"He died doing what he preferred"

Cotta was a model of the agency MGE Basewhere he came after a simple race. Agent Faelo Ribeiro, who discovered Tales in 2011 in Minas Gerais, recalled that the young man was rejected for a height of 1.78 m, a weak measure for men's fashion standards.

"It was one of the first models that I launched, he always had that juvenile face, we started a friendship quickly, it was like a family, he loved very much, a devoted boy, he was rejected to because of his size, but I fought for him. " , recalled Ribeiro in an interview with Or Globe.

After graduating in Physical Education, Soares moved to San Pablo to pursue his dream of becoming a model.

"In short, he died doing what he loved and dreamed the most, he proved that he was able, you have to tell the story of the victory over Tales"Ribeiro added that Cotta was a very spiritual and pbadionate man. It was the third time that participated in Sao Paulo Fashion Week (Sao Paulo).

In his latest Instagram posts, Tales shared images and videos of his participation in the city's famous fashion meeting.

The modeling agency, for which Thales worked, said in a statement that the youth "he never showed up or complained of health problems ".

"He maintained a healthy diet (he was a vegetarian), he did not use illicit substances and he was able to participate in the parade.", added the company.

This is not the first time that a model dies during a parade. In 2017, the 14-year-old Russian Vlada Dzyuba collapsed after a grueling 12-hour day in Shanghai.