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Two Brazilian social media influencers drowned after reportedly refusing lifejackets on a speedboat to avoid tan lines in their photos. PEOPLE confirms Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim, 37, and Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria, 27, have passed away.
After partying on a yacht near So Paulo on Sept. 29, the two influencers Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim and Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria, joined four others on a speedboat to shore. Reports say they refused lifejackets, fearing they would ruin their tans and photos, and drowned when rough waters capsized the crowded boat.
Per PEOPLE, the accident took place in an area known as Garganta do Diabo, (Devil’s Throat). The group was returning to shore on a small boat when a wave struck, throwing all seven passengers into the water. The New York Post states that the speedboat captain told police he was ordered to carry six passengers, though the boat had a five-person limit. The overloaded vessel struggled to navigate the rough waves, which eventually flooded the boat and sent the passengers overboard. The pilot, who remains unidentified, told police he attempted to rescue everyone who fell overboard but was only able to retrieve some survivors.
Vanessa Audrey da Silva, one of the five survivors, told the New York Post that she frantically grabbed her life vest and clung to a rock as the boat sank.
Police reported that Brazil’s Maritime Firefighters recovered Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria’s body after it drifted out to sea. Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim had posted photos on social media from the luxury yacht just moments before she drowned; her body reportedly washed ashore at Itaquitanduva Beach a week later.
Social media users flooded The Shade Room’s Comment section with reactions to the tragic passing of the two Brazilian influencers.
Instagram user @conceitednyc wrote, “ damn ripprayers to their families.”
While Instagram user @authorjon wrote, “Money is not the root of all evil, attention is.”
Then Instagram user @amani wrote, “Nah this sounds like damage control. blaming the deaths of two of your passengers on the sexist trope that they wanted selfies? they should have never been in the water in the first place.”
Another Instagram user @mrjerometrammel wrote, “Compromising safety for selfies is crazy work.. Social media is NOT a real place but has real consequences..”
Finally, Instagram user @staceyrwarr wrote, “I wouldnt have let them on the boat without one. Thats really sad.”
