Beauty queen Catherine Cando dies having liposuction

THIS teen beauty queen kept knocking back the free liposuction she received as a prize, but eventually gave in and had the worst possible outcome.

A TEENAGE beauty queen has died while undergoing liposuction that she received as a prize in a pageant.

Catherine Cando, a part time glamour model from Ecuador, won her local ‘Queen of Duran’ beauty competition after entering in October last year.

The 19-year-old was crowned ‘Queen of Duran’ last year.

Included along with the winning title was a new car, a smart tablet, and a free course of cosmetic surgery treatment.

The 19-year-old initially put off having the treatment because she felt she did not need it, but eventually caved shortly after winning the title.

As reigning Queen of Duran she told local media she had shunned having surgery when she realised she was too fat, and had exercised to lose weight instead.

The beauty queen won free cosmetic surgery with the title.

Ms Cando tried to ‘give away’ the surgery prize.

She ‘kept saying no’ to surgery.

Her brother Daniel Zavala, 24, told local media: “Before having the surgery, she received a lot of calls from the surgeon trying to persuade her to do it, but she kept saying no.

“She was thinking about letting someone else have it as a freebie but eventually she agreed to have it just get him off her back.”

The surgeon who carried out the botched procedure has reportedly been arrested on charges of negligence after Ms Cando died on the operating table while having liposuction.

The emergency door of the clinic where the incident happened.

One moment of the funeral of Catherine Cando.

Lawyer Carlos Reyes Izquierdo said: “I was told she had died of a brain edema, but the clinic staff told her relatives that she had died of a cardiac arrest.

“I have ordered cytological and pathological examinations to find out what exactly happened.

“However, it can be presumed as negligence because there has been no support from doctors who have failed to explain anything about the case.”

The tragic death follows that of Brazilian model Pamela Nascimento, 27, who also died during liposuction surgery in 2011.

The cause of her death was registered as hypovolemic shock, where severe blood loss makes the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body.

The surgeon who operated on Ms Cando has been arrested.

Catherine Cando died at 19.