More than 10,000 followers followed her on Instagram. Zhanna Samsonova shared her life and her raw vegan diet, and the influencer, known as Zhanna D’Art, repeatedly posted photos of herself and her food. But it’s been quiet on her channel for weeks. Now it is known: Zhanna Samsonova died in Thailand.<\/p>\n
As her mother, Vera Samsonova, told the Russian newspaper Vechernyaya Kazan, she allegedly died on July 21 from a “cholera-like infection” that was aggravated by the “body’s exhaustion from a vegan diet.” While she used to allow herself fish and dairy products, her daughter is said to have only fed on “fruit, sunflower sprouts, fruit smoothies and juices”.<\/p>\n
One of her last posts dates back to June. In the photo, Zhanna Samsonova shows herself with a thumbs up. “Finally it’s fruit season in Thailand, the most awaited time,” she wrote. “Time to gain weight!” But only six weeks after this post, the influencer is dead.<\/p>\n
The exact cause of death of the food blogger is still pending. The Russian influencer has lived in Malaysia for the past five years. The family is currently trying to have the body transferred to Russia. On the very day of her death, Zhanna Samsonova wanted to fly back to her mother in Kazan. But the influencer no longer arrived there.<\/p>\n
Vera Samsonova did not agree with her daughter’s extreme diet and tried in vain to convince her to adopt more balanced eating habits. Her friends have also expressed concern about her increasingly restrictive eating habits. “I lived one floor above her and every day I feared to find her lifeless body in the morning. I persuaded her to get treatment but she didn’t make it,” a friend told Newsflash.<\/p>\n
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