A male model has died after collapsing on a catwalk in Brazil.

26-year-old Tales Soares collapsed during Sao Paulo Fashion Week on Saturday.

A statement from organisers said he died after taking ill while participating in the event.

Footage showed him on the floor of a catwalk, before being taken away by paramedics.

Model Tales Soares is taken from the catwalk by paramedics after he collapsed during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil | Image: Leco Viana/AP/Press Association Images

São Paulo Fashion Week said in a statement that he was taken to hospital alive.

But he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Organisers met with the brands, directors, stylists and models close to Soares - who were given the option to cancel their participation.

However they decided to keep going.

It was also decided that there would be a minute silence at the opening of each show.

His management company, Base Management, remembered Soares as having "exemplary behavior."

They said he "never presented or complained about health problems" and maintained a healthy vegetarian diet.

 

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A Agência Base MGT comunica, com extremo pesar, o falecimento do modelo Tales Cotta (26 anos), que sofreu um mal subido durante o desfile da OCKSA, neste sábado (27.04). Ressaltamos que Tales está em nosso casting há um ano e meio e sempre teve comportamento exemplar. O modelo não era estreante, já desfilou em outras edições tanto do SPFW, quanto outros importantes eventos de moda, como a Casa de Criadores. Ressaltamos que Tales nunca apresentou ou se queixou de problemas de saúde. Ele mantinha uma dieta saudável (era vegetariano), não usava substâncias ilícitas e estava em plenas condições para participar do desfile. Aguardamos o laudo médico e pedimos respeito nesse momento de profunda tristeza. Estamos prestando toda a assistência à família e amigos de Tales Cotta, que estará para sempre em nossos corações e memória. . . #luto

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