Times Online reports:

A former Miss Argentina has died after undergoing cosmetic surgery to get firmer buttocks.

Solange Magnano, 38, died of a pulmonary embolism after undergoing a gluteoplasty in Buenos Aires, a normally routine procedure which involves placing implants in the buttocks to give them a firmer outline.

The mother of eight-year-old twins, who won the beauty crown in 1994, died on Sunday after three days in a critical condition. Roberto Piazza, a close friend, claimed that the procedure also involved injections and the liquid “went to her lungs and brain”.

“This woman who had everything is dead because she wanted to have a slightly firmer behind,” said Mr Piazza, a fashion designer.

It’s hard out here for a former beauty queen.

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9 replies on “This Is One of Many Ways to Die”

  4. How sad for her children, family, and friends. How sad that she couldn’t embrace the arse she had. Sure many of us wish we had a high, tight, and round bum, but hopefully aren’t willing to obtain it surgically. I think I’ll go do some more squats …

  5. Poor girl. Every time I think about getting work done, i think about the possible consequences of a routine procedure and decide to love myself as I am.

  7. Yeah, there’s nothing routine about elective surgery and definitely nothing routine about ass implants.

    Elective surgery is a stupid way to play with your life. Talk about a slave to patriarchy.

  8. Does Roberto Piazza understand the pathetic irony of a fashion designer making a comment about the exaggerated importance of body image? How many clothes has Piazza made that were expressly proportioned for stick-figure models?

  9. She was Argentinian – she couldn’t find someone to tango with?

    This is horrifying on a number of levels. I’ve seen a recent picture, and the woman was absolutely stick-thin. Yet someone probably complained that she couldn’t do lingerie or swimwear anymore because, at 38, there might have been a slight sag. Our standards of beauty are so screwed up.

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