Male Model Collapses on Catwalk and Dies at São Paulo Fashion Week

By Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – 26-year-old Brazilian model Tales Soares fell while turning to leave the runway. Medics immediately attended to him in front of horrified onlookers, according to local media reports.

A medical team attended to him on the catwalk and Soares was later taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The statement did not provide more details.

According to Folha de São Paulo, people in the crowd initially thought his stumbling was part of a performance.

“SPFW has just received the news of the death of model Tales Soares, who suddenly took ill during the Ocksa show,” the organization said in a statement, without giving a cause of death.

“We offer our sincere condolences to Tales’ family,” it said, while label Ocksa said on Instagram its entire team was shocked by the death of Soares, who was signed to Base MGT modeling agency.