A PLAYBOY model and Russian Bachelor star has died aged 31 from lung disease.
Veronika Murashkina was desperately waiting for a transplant after she suffered a horror car crash a few years ago that left her fighting for her life.
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The accident in 2020 left her leg badly mangled and forced her to live the past four years bedridden.
This caused Veronika to develop a life-threatening lung disease.
She was put on an urgent waiting list for a transplant but tragically passed away just days before the operation was scheduled.
Her death was officially confirmed on Thursday, October 18.
A friend of Veronika’s told local media: “After the serious accident, her leg was literally put back together piece by piece.
“She was treated for a long time, stayed in clinics and recovered.
“It seemed that her troubles were finally in the past, but then a new one came when the lung disease hit her.
“Veronika was on the waiting list for a transplant, but she did not live to see it.
“This bright person passed away tonight.”
Veronika first rose to fame when she appeared in the fifth season of The Bachelor in 2017.
The hit show by Russian TV network TNT made her a household name in Russia as she battled against a number of other women for the heart actor Ilya Glinnikov.
Veronika was born in Toguchin but lived much of her life in Russia’s capital of Moscow.
She managed to earn herself an economics education before becoming a full-time model.
Her biggest role saw Veronkia make it into an issue of Playboy in 2017.
Pictures show the blonde beauty wearing yellow bunny ears and a matching bodysuit along with the classic Playboy cuffs, bow tie and tail.