The Brazilian model is only 26 years old.Source:InstagramAccording to the paper, people in the crowd initially thought his fall was part of a performance.
A male model has died after collapsing in front of a horrified crowd during a fashion show in Brazil.
Twenty-six-year-old Brazilian man Tales Soares suddenly tripped and fell as he returned to walk back down the catwalk
The tragic incident occurred on the final day of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, organisers said.
“SPFW has just received the news of the death of model , who suddenly took ill during the Ocksa show,” the organisation said in a statement, without giving a cause of death.
Medics immediately attended to him in front of horrified onlookers, according to local media reports.
He started foaming at the mouth as paramedics tended to him on the catwalk before rushing him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Daily Folha de S. Paulo reported that Soares tripped on his shoelace and fell. According to the paper, people in the crowd initially thought his fall was part of a performance.
“We offer our sincere condolences to Tales’ family,” it said, while label Ocksa said on Instagram its entire team was “shocked” by the death of Soares, who was signed to Base MGT modelling agency.
The model — who also went by the name Tales Cotta — was praised for his “exemplary behavior” in a tribute on Instagram by his agency, Base MGT.
