A former Miss Argentina has died at the age of 38 due to complications
in cosmetic surgery to firm her buttocks, Argentinean media reported.
Solange Magnano, who won the Miss Argentina title in 1994, died on
Sunday after suffering a blood clot in her lungs following a
gluteoplasty operation at a private clinic in Buenos Aires.
"This woman who had everything is dead because she wanted to have a
slightly firmer behind," fashion designer Roberto Piazza, a close
friend and employer of Magnano, was quoted as saying.
Gluteoplasty is a routine plastic surgery procedure which involves
placing implants in the buttocks to give them a firmer outline.
However, the procedure requires injections, and in Magnano's case, the
liquid reportedly went to her lungs and brain.
Up to the time of her death, the former beauty queen was working for
Roberto Piazza and managing a modeling school that she had opened two
years ago in San Francisco, Cordoba.
She is survived by her husband and eight-year-old twins.