Yanin Campos, “MasterChef Mexico” contestant, dies at 38 after automobile crash

• Yanin Campos died at 38 after being injured in a automobile crash in Chihuahua, Mexico.
• Campos competed on two consecutive seasons of MasterChef Mexico earlier than turning into a TikTok influencer.
• Authorities are investigating the accident to find out if extreme velocity or distracted driving contributed to the collision.

Yanin Campos, who competed on two seasons of MasterChef Mexico and located success as a TikTok influencer and native TV character, died Monday from accidents sustained in a automobile crash. She was 38.

Campos' brother, Raúl Campos, introduced the information on Fb. "To household and mates. We inform and mourn the loss of life of my sister Yanin Campos," he wrote in Spanish.

The previous culinary competitor died after driving right into a parked car on Saturday in her hometown of Chihuahua, the Mexican Secretariat of Public Safety instructed local newspaper El Financiero. Following the crash round 6:30 a.m., Campos was rushed to a hospital and later died because of her accidents.

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El Financiero additionally reported that authorities are investigating whether or not the accident was attributable to extreme velocity or distracted driving.

Campos started her profession as a nurse, and hosted the native Chihuahua TV present La tertulia. Upon the present's conclusion, she auditioned for MasterChef Mexico and competed on its fourth general season in 2018. She finally positioned sixth, and returned the next 12 months for the present's "La Revancha" season alongside different former rivals. In her second outing on the present, Campos positioned eleventh.

Campos launched her TikTok account in 2020, and had just below 100,000 followers on the time of her loss of life.

Willi Velázquez, who competed in opposition to Campos throughout each of her MasterChef seasons, paid tribute to his late costar in an Instagram publish containing an previous video of the 2 rivals singing collectively on a bus.

"This reminiscence from 2018 simply appeared on my cloud," he wrote in Spanish. "Such unhappy information for all of us who knew Yan… My deepest condolences to her total household. Relaxation in peace."

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Ismael Zhu, who received MasterChef Mexico in 2018, commented his condolences on Velázquez's publish, additionally in Spanish. "She will likely be missed," he wrote.

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