A Canadian actor named Saint Von Colucci has died at the age of 22, after undergoing numerous surgeries in an attempt to look like BTS singer Jimin.
Von Colucci passed away on Sunday in a South Korean hospital due to complications from his most recent procedure. His publicist, Eric Blake, announced his death on Monday.
According to Blake, Von Colucci moved from Canada to South Korea in 2019 to pursue a career in entertainment. On Saturday, April 22, he had surgery to remove jaw implants that he had put in last November, in order to further resemble Jimin.
However, after the operation, he developed an infection and had to be intubated, leading to his untimely death.
“He was very insecure about his looks,” Blake said, explaining that Von Colucci was particularly unhappy with his face.
In the past year, he had spent $220,000 on 12 surgeries, including a facelift, a nose job, an eye lift, an eyebrow lift, and a lip reduction, among others. His original features included dark blond hair and blue eyes, and he stood tall at 6 feet and weighed 182 pounds.
Blake revealed that Von Colucci struggled to find work in South Korea due to his Western looks, which prompted him to undergo the surgeries. “It was very hard for him to get a job in South Korea, and he felt very discriminated against [because of] his Western looks,” Blake said.
Von Colucci’s death is a tragic reminder of the dangers of cosmetic surgery and the pressure some people feel to conform to unrealistic beauty standards.
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