Eva Ekvall Dead At 28. She was a former beauty queen (Miss Venezuela), a mother and a wife.
In her book, Fuera de Foco, she described what the ravages of cancer did to her. In a country where beauty is a highly sought after commodity, very little is spent in healthcare education.
In Venezuela, “we invest a lot of money in looking beautiful and not in health care,” the former model said.
“There’s a huge taboo around breast cancer. But in this country people get their boobs done every day, so I don’t understand how breast cancer can be a problem when everybody’s showing their breasts.”
To young to die.
