Former Miss Argentina Dies from Buttocks Plastic Surgery Complications
by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts), Posted Dec 1st 2009 at 11:39AMThis is a post
Solange Magnano on the runway in May, 2009. Photo: EPA/ZUMApress.com
Solange Magnano, who won the title of Miss Argentina in 1994, died Sunday at the age of 38 following complications from a gluteoplasty procedure, Sky News reports.
The procedure -- which inserts implants into the buttocks to make them more shapely -- took a nasty turn when a liquid injection reportedly made its way to Magnano's lungs and brain, according to the news agency (though StyleList's plastic surgery experts are questioning the validity of this detail, stating that it "sounds made up by someone unfamiliar with the surgery.").
What's definite is that Magnano was rushed to the hospital with a pulmonary embolism -- in which a blood clot blocks blood flow to the lungs -- and passed away two days later.
"She only underwent the procedure because she thought it was no big deal," friend Guillermo Azar told Sky.
Magnano, who reportedly leaves behind a husband and eight-year-old twins, is said to have undergone the procedure at a plastic surgery clinic in Buenos Aires, causing some sources to speculate to Sky that her surgeon was not a professional.
A Facebook group has been created in tribute to the beauty.
"A woman who had everything lost her life to have a slightly firmer behind," fashion designer and friend Roberto Piazza, told the Daily Mail, adding that Magnano had enjoyed a glamorous career but had lately become obsessed with maintaining her looks.
'In 1994 she participated in Miss Universe," Piazza told the paper. "She was very successful around the world, she worked a lot in Paris."
According to Piazza, Magnano returned to Argentina, where she married and raised her young twin daughters in Cordoba. He says she began to miss her old modeling life, which sparked a fascination with plastic surgery.
Piazza also told the paper that Manano had her breasts lifted and sought out the gluteoplasty in order to remove cellulite and firm up her bottom.
"She died because of her obsession with beauty," he told the source.
At the time of her death, Magnano, who was buried yesterday in San Francisco, Argentina, had reportedly launched her own modeling agency, Actitud Models.
Meanwhile, plastic surgery is booming in Venezuela in response to the recession.
DearAlice 12-01-2009 @ 3:06PM
Thats a bit uncalled for
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chuck d 12-18-2009 @ 10:47AM
Just another example of ignorance and the lengths humans will go for glamor or "success". So sad she and others buy into it.
lazonia 12-01-2009 @ 3:17PM
Wow! This is why people should learn to accept their characteristics. Condolences to her family.
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pi 12-01-2009 @ 3:55PM
oh thats funny though!
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sugahnans024 12-01-2009 @ 4:36PM
Sad
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k6185 12-01-2009 @ 4:39PM
Cannot understand why so many women are unhappy with their physical attributes,---and will risk possibly dangerous surgical procedures in order to " Look Hot ". Hey Folks ! Check out Sophia Loren ! Don't believe she ever had " cosmetic " surgery. She didn't need it .! My Lady STILL looks good to me , after 35 years of marriage. Think about it !
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ann 12-01-2009 @ 5:57PM
this is wat young females have to look up to. how sad that beauty had to be paid for. always remeber to remind are youth and future beauty queens that it comes from with in.
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rememberfdnypd 12-01-2009 @ 6:18PM
Everyone (with a brain) knows that every surgery has some risk to it. Too bad her looks were more important to her than her daughters.
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rggirt 12-01-2009 @ 6:48PM
No, not everyone knows the risks of surgery. It's informed consent for a physician to inform patient's of risk versus benefit of surgery. These bastard plastic surgeons talk patients into procedures with the reassurance of a con man and the integrity of a mass murderer. These killers can talk anyone into anything. They are at the same level of veracity as politicians. They should all rot in HELL.
LINDA 12-01-2009 @ 10:43PM
ITS A FRIGGIN DAMN SHAME SHE PUT HER BUTT BEFORE HER DAUGHTERS, SHE REALLY DIDN'T NEED THIS TYPE OF SURGERY WHAT SHE APPARENTLY NEEDED IS A GOOD HEAD DOCTOR.
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LINDA 12-01-2009 @ 10:44PM
I JUST REREAD THE ARTICLE, I OMITTED THE FACT OF HER VERY YOUNG AGE PITY!!!!! PLUS SHE LEFT A FAMILY PITY PITY PITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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rggirt 12-01-2009 @ 6:41PM
As a physician, I regret to say that ALL plastic surgeons are greedy, inhuman, low life jerks, who don't care what happens to a patient, as long as these jerks can cash in. Miss Argentina for all practical purposes was murdered by an ignorant brutal so called "physician". These bastards with so called "MDs" should be boiled alive so they get a taste of their own medicine. Money at any cost is a plastic surgeon's Hippocratic Oath.
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noreen 12-01-2009 @ 7:00PM
I think that it is bull that you are a doctor. You don't have a clue as to what you are talking about. I have seen lots of plastic surgeons labor extensively to reconstruct a chest ravaged by breast cancer. Spend hours trying to fix a decubitus ulcer for a paltry medicare payment and expect no more than that. Most plastic surgeons in AMERICA take pride in their work and have the highest standards.
noreen 12-01-2009 @ 7:00PM
As someone who gives anesthesia for a living it is a very dangerous mindset to have the attitude that any surgery is no big deal. It is all a big deal. Even the most routine of surgery. It requires extreme vigilance by all in the operating room team. Even when the procedure goes without a hitch, the unexpected can always happen. Even in the recovery room. The patients that scare me are the ones who have repeated plastic surgery procedures with the express attitude that it is no big deal.
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robsphase 12-01-2009 @ 6:55PM
Women, please understand there are people just making money off of you. You are beautiful without all of the makeup, implants etc. You don't need it. How many real men do you see doing this stuff? We don't. If a guy wants you to get implants or? Get rid of him, he just thinks too much of himself!
As far as the surgery goes. Obama had the same surgery and it had complications also. That's why even to this day he still talks out of his a$$.
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CyndiLou 12-01-2009 @ 7:55PM
I loved that one. And yet he will be talking out of his a$$ tonight trying to "sell" more of our troops getting killed.
bellalugosi 12-01-2009 @ 8:33PM
CyndiLou--thanks for proving that our President is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. People such as yourself would be cynical no matter what he did. One thing is consistent about America and Americans--we will never be satisfied...and we love a good whine fest.
cuttie240 12-01-2009 @ 7:46PM
My prayers are with her family but ... nobody's perfect even super models have cellulite and stretch marks. I myself am a skinny girl 5'0 and 101 pounds and i have some stretch marks and just began noticing a bit of cellulite which is killing me ... But i would never go to the extreme of surgery. Not only does it hurt, but you can die trying to be perfect, when you will never be. Deal with it, do the best you can with making yourself pretty and not risking your life, and quit getting boob jobs, plastic silicone bags in your body that shouldn't even be there ... ~ :o)
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BlazingPhoenix83 12-01-2009 @ 8:17PM
The sad thing here is that no one here is going to give a care to stop doing this to themselves...I think instead of calling gay a disease they should be focusing on stupidity and its ability to spread like a virus through people of all ages,race and sizes...this whole be stick stickly skinny,blazing blonde hair,giant breasts and buttocks implants all these things are just insane...somehow the power of people telling you to change yourself is greater than those telling you that you are perfect as you are...its sad.
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Daytona Beach Girl 12-01-2009 @ 8:55PM
May God forgive you and everyone that has said something so hateful. Mercy on your souls. I cannot believe all the haters on these blogs.
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