Model in Sao Paulo Dies After Taking Ill on Catwalk

Model in Sao Paulo Dies After Taking Ill on Catwalk
Model Tales Soares is taken from the catwalk by paramedics after he collapsed during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 27, 2019. Leco Viana/Thenews2 via AP
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RIO DE JANEIRO—A model participating in Sao Paulo’s Fashion Week has died after getting sick and falling on the catwalk.

A statement from organizers said Tales Soares took ill Saturday while in a parade of fashion brand Ocksa. A medical team attended to him on the catwalk and Soares was later taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.