A TikTok influencer and beauty queen from Toronto, Canada, has died after skydiving on her first solo course last weekend.
Tanya Pardazi, 21, died on August 27 while performing a jump at Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario. The skydiving school requires students to complete a day of ground training before attempting a solo dive, CTV News Toronto reported.
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Pardazi, a philosophy student at the University of Toronto, opened her parachute too late during her dive.
Skydive Toronto said in a statement posted on Facebook that Pardazi “dropped a fast-spinning main parachute at low altitude without the time/altitude required for the reserve parachute to inflate.”
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Tanya Pardazi, 21, died Aug. 27 while performing a jump at Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario.
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After the accident, the woman was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The skydiving facility also said in its statement that Pardazi “was a welcome recent addition to the skydiving community” and “will be missed among the student’s new friends and fellow jumpers at Skydive Toronto Inc.
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“The Skydive Toronto Inc. team was deeply affected by this accident as they have been refining their student training program for over 50 years,” the release said.
Pardazi was a TikTok influencer with more than 95,000 followers. In her videos, she discussed a range of topics, including self-esteem, relationships, makeup, and animals. Pardazi talked about skydiving in her latest video dated Aug. 22.
“I went skydiving a few days ago,” she said, talking about being in a classroom there.
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She had also reached the semi-finals of the Miss Canada beauty pageant.
“Tanya was interested in anything new and adventurous,” Pardazi’s friend Melody Ozgoli told CTV. “Life was too boring for her and she was always trying to do something adventurous.”
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The skydiving company said it is cooperating with the South Simcoe Police Department’s investigation into her death.
“She really lived every second to the fullest,” Ozgoli said. “It’s the biggest shock for us. It’s very hard to deal with. It’s been a few days, but we still can’t believe it.”
