A Canadian actor has died after 12 sessions of plastic surgery to look like BTS star Jimin went tragically wrong.
Saint Von Colucci reportedly spent $220,000 (£177k) on 12 separate plastic surgeries in order to look like the K-pop star ahead of auditioning to play him in a US streaming network’s show.
The 22-year-old actor is said to have died at a hospital in South Korea on Sunday morning after complications from cosmetic procedures he underwent months ago became fatal.
It was believed the budding showman contracted an infection from implants put into his body, following which he required intubation and died several hours afterwards.
His publicist informed MailOnline that Von Colucci had surgery on Saturday night to take out implants from his jaw that he had cosmetically altered last November.
Eric Blake said of the heartbreaking incident: ‘It’s very tragic and very unfortunate.
‘He was very insecure about his looks. He had a very square jawline and chin and he didn’t like the shape of it because he thought it was too wide and wanted a V-shape, the shape many Asians have.
‘He was very insecure about his face. ‘It was very hard from him to get a job in South Korea and he felt very discriminated against his Western looks.’
The publicist went on to explain all the surgeries the young actor had undergone and listed them to include jaw surgery, implants, a facelift, a nose job, an eye lift, an eyebrow lift, and a lip reduction – among some other minor surgeries over the years.
He also said Von Colucci was aware of how risky his jaw surgery could be however was adamant he still wanted to go ahead with it.
Eric revealed the Canadian was in South Korea to film a native drama titled Pretty Lies (Cogimar in Korean), which wrapped its shooting in December.
He revealed all eight episodes of the show were set to air on a major US streaming network in October on this year.
The businessman said: ‘He was very very excited and worked really hard.’
Von Colucci supposedly came to South Korea in 2019 as he hoped to enter into the music industry, according to Eric who also said he had secured himself a seven-year contract with the star.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Von Colucci’s reps for comment.
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