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"It's a day of love for everyone"

This was one of model Reeva Stemkamp's last posts on Twitter before she was murdered by Paralympic runner Oscar Pistonius; read the profile written by Kiko Nogueira in Diário do Centro do Mundo.

"It's a day of love for everyone"

By Kiko Nogueira, from Diário do Centro do Mundo - At a quick glance, Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, ​​whom he murdered with four shots, could be mistaken by an unsuspecting observer for a South African version of a gold digger: blonde, exuberant, looking for a millionaire to call her own. Nothing could be further from the truth.

At 29, Reeva had a law degree from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, where she grew up (she's from Cape Town, their equivalent of Rio de Janeiro). She was already well-known before she started dating Pistorius a little over two months ago. She defined herself as: "South African model, cover girl, law graduate, daughter of God". Beautiful, she quickly caught the attention of talent scouts from agencies and ended up pursuing a modeling career. She caused a sensation when she appeared in a bikini in the African edition of [magazine name]. men's magazine FHMShe was the face of Avon products in her country. According to her agent, Sarit Tomlinson, Reeva liked to break with the stereotype of the model. "She was very inspiring and passionate when she spoke about women's rights," she says.

In a profession where women like Gisele Bündchen can only talk about Gisele Bündchen, with potentially catastrophic results when they stray from that topic, she was different. Reeva used social media to speak out. “Wear black this Friday against the rape of women,” she wrote.

Read Reeva Stemkamp's full profile on Diary of the Center of the World.