Lucy Markovic, a rising style determine who competed on “Australia’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin,” has died on the age of 27 following a uncommon mind situation.
Elite Mannequin Administration introduced her demise on social media Thursday, confirming Markovic “handed away after a courageous battle” with arteriovenous malformation (AVM) — a situation described by the Mayo Clinic as “a tangle of blood vessels that creates irregular connections between arteries and veins within the mind.”
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Lucy Markovic is pictured at runway reveals in Australia in 2017. Markovic was runner up on ‘Australia’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin’ in 2015. (Getty)
Hours earlier than the announcement, Markovic’s official Instagram posted a message that she was “battling for her life.” Later within the day, one other message from her family members confirmed the unhappy information.
“I remorse to tell you that Lucy has handed,” wrote a member of the family. “She was at peace. Me, her mom and my mom had been current together with her. We ask you to please give us area in these laborious instances. Might Lucy relaxation in peace.”
In line with the Australia Broadcasting Company, Markovic wrote about her situation final month in a since-deleted social media put up, describing the AVM as “the dimensions of a golf ball.” She stated she was scheduled to bear surgical procedure on March 26, however the date had been modified to April 2.
In 2015, Markovic completed because the runner-up within the ninth season of “Australia’s Subsequent Prime Mannequin,” a global offshoot of Tyra Banks‘ wildly standard competitors present.
Following “Prime Mannequin,” she strutted the catwalk for high-end designers equivalent to Oscar de la Renta, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace and Givenchy.
In its on-line tribute on Thursday, Elite Fashions described Markovic as “a shiny shining gentle [who] had an unbelievable dry humorousness.”
“Modeling was one in every of Lucy’s desires, and we’re deeply honored to have been a part of that journey together with her,” they stated. “She introduced class, power and wonder to her work. However greater than that, she introduced herself — her heat, her laughter, her gentle.”
