British model Georgina Cooper has died on the Greek island of Kos. She was 46 years old.

The model’s friends, Jade Parfitt And Erin O’Connor confirmed his death on Thursday, November 8 via Instagram. The daily mail reports that she died of a blood-brain hemorrhage following long COVID.

Her agent, Dean Goodman, told the outlet that she “tragically passed away (in Greece) a fortnight ago.”

“Georgina had not been well during Covid and had developed health problems and had been in and out of hospital,” Goodman continued. “But she had plans for the future. She had just gotten married and was looking forward to her life. Everyone is devastated. He was a true superstar.

Cooper fell ill on the Greek island and was taken to the island’s main hospital. Once her condition worsened, she was flown by air ambulance to Crete. She remained in intensive care for five days before dying. His body was repatriated to England during the week of October 28.

Cooper was a popular model who rose to fame during the “Cool Britannia” wave in the 1990s. She is best known for her gapped front teeth. Her modeling career began at the age of 13, when her mother entered her into the Elite Look of the Year competition in 1992, where she came in third place. There, she was spotted and eventually signed by Premier Model Management. (The agency’s clientele included Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelist, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington And Naomi Campbell.)

“She was dateless and she was so much fun. When she was young, she earned a lot of money and she had this very nervous side that was of the time. Everyone found the gap between her teeth quite astonishing,” recalls Carole White, former model and owner of Premier Model Management, according to WWD.

At 15, she appeared in a Bon Jovi music video. The same year, she began a working relationship with the late photographer Corinne Day. Eventually, she found herself part of the group of “edgy” London models that included Jade Parfitt, Erin O’Connor and Kate Moss.

“I was so young at the time that I didn’t really understand how influential the work we were doing was until I got older and people complimented me on the work we did together” , she said in Corinne Day’s documentary. Diaryby WWD.

Cooper modeled for the British and Americans Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar United States, ID Magazine And The GuardianIt is Observer Review. “She was very anti-fashion with this real breath of fresh air and a really great model,” said the former Elle United Kingdom editor-in-chief Anne-Marie Curtis said WWD.

Designer Markus Lupfer said Cooper had “a light-hearted energy (that) made every show a celebration,” adding: “We will all miss his spirit, his style, his warmth and his energy deeply.”

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Cooper gave birth to her son, Sonny, and left fashion in the early 2000s. “I tried to continue modeling, but it broke my heart when I had to leave it for work. I focused on modeling assignments in London, but my life was at a crossroads and I decided Sonny came first,” she said. The cultural omnivore.

Eventually, she worked as a midwife and then in the hospitality industry. She also worked for the British pub chain Fox & Goose, according to her Facebook.

In June 2024, she married Nigel Smith at his home in Maidstone, Kent.

She is survived by her husband and son.