Brazilian influencer Maria Sofia Valim has died at the age of 19 due to health complications following an emergency liver transplant.
Her father, Vitor Valim - who is the mayor of the municipality of Caucaia in Ceará, a state in northeastern Brazil - announced her unexpected passing in a statement shared to Instagram on Saturday 9 December. “It is with the deepest pain and sadness that I inform everyone of the passing of my beloved daughter Sofia,” he wrote in the statement, per English translation. “Unfortunately, her body did not survive. I thank everyone for the prayers and affection dedicated to me and my family in this moment of extreme suffering.”
