Playboy model and Bachelor star Veronika Murashkina dies from lung disease aged 31 while desperately awaiting transplant
A PLAYBOY model and Russian Bachelor star has died from lung disease aged 31.
Veronika Murashkina was desperately waiting for a transplant after she was involved in a horror car crash a few years ago that left her fighting for her life.
The accident in 2020 left the glamour model’s leg badly mangled and forced Veronika to live the past four years bedridden.
This quickly caused her immune system to weaken as she went on to develop a life-threatening lung disease.
She was put on an urgent waiting list for a transplant but tragically passed away just days before the operation was scheduled.
Her death was officially confirmed on Thursday, October 18.
A friend of Veronika’s told local media: “After the serious accident, her leg was literally put back together piece by piece.
“She was treated for a long time, stayed in clinics and recovered.
“It seemed that her troubles were finally in the past, but then a new one came when the lung disease hit her.
“Veronika was on the waiting list for a transplant, but she did not live to see it.
“This bright person passed away tonight.”
Veronika first rose to fame when she appeared in the fifth season of The Bachelor in 2017.
The hit show by Russian TV network TNT made her a household name in Russia as she battled against a number of other women for the heart actor Ilya Glinnikov.
It seemed that her troubles were finally in the past, but then a new one came when the lung disease hit her
Veronika's close pal
Veronika was born in Toguchin but lived much of her life in Russia‘s capital of Moscow.
She managed to earn herself an economics education before becoming a full-time model.
Her biggest role saw Veronkia make it into an issue of Playboy in 2017.
Pictures show the blonde beauty wearing yellow bunny ears and a matching bodysuit along with the classic Playboy cuffs, bow tie and tail.
In August 2020 her life was crushed after she was hit by a drunk driver as she returned home to Toguchin to see her family.
A speeding driver lost control of his car and smashed into Veronkia and her group of friends.
Veronika was left critically injured and spent months in hospital undergoing treatment.
It left her modelling career in taters as the 31-year-old picked up handcrafting instead.