Russian 14-year-old Vlada Dzyuba became ill after Shanghai fashion week and died after condition deteriorated rapidlyThe Chinese agency representing a 14-year-old Russian model who died after Shanghai fashion week has denied allegations that she was overworked and exhausted. She was taken to a Shanghai hospital the next day but died on Friday after her condition quickly deteriorated. The English-language newspaper the Siberian Times alleged that Dzyuba died of meningitis compounded by severe exhaustion after “a gruelling fashion show in Shanghai”. The Global Times quoted a representative for Shanghai fashion week as saying it was investigating and cited a medical report saying she had septicopyemia, a type of blood poisoning. Dzyuba died less than two weeks before her 15th birthday.

Source: The Guardian October 30, 2017 09:56 UTC