Jeniffer Corneau Viturino"Irmão e amiga de modelo morta em Lisboa duvidam de suicídio"
10 April 2011, ''

Folha ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã co ...

'' (13 May 1993 – 8 April 2011) was a Brazilian

fashion model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Thoug ...

who died in 2011 at the age of 17."Pais de modelo brasileira que morreu em Portugal duvidam de suicídio"
10 April 2011, '' G1'' She was best known for her cover appearance on the

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''J'' magazine and later known for her mysterious death ruled a

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. Born in Brazil, Viturino moved to

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in 2007 and began modeling there. She won the '' Miss

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'' contest in 2009, and landed on the cover of the Portuguese ''J'' magazine's February 2011 issue (No. 233). Her last modeling activity was a runway walking for a cosmetics brand.

Death

On the evening of 8 April 2011,"Modelo brasileira de 17 anos morre em Portugal"
10 April 2011, ''

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'' Viturino was found dead in

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, a prestigious neighborhood in

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. She died after falling from the 15th floor of the building where she lived with her boyfriend Miguel Alves da Silva, a 31-year-old businessman"Modelo morre na Expo: a chave do mistério"
12 April 2011, ''

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'' known to have multiple wives and to be abusive to his girlfriends, according to her brother. She was 17."Modelo cai do 15.º andar de torre de luxo"
9 April 2011, ''

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'' Police concluded she committed suicide, as the evidence collected did not indicate any third party intervention. Viturino left a suicide note which asked her family for forgiveness for her action. The note included some cryptic messages for her family, which her mother described to be "very vague".

References

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