How old was Veronika Murashkina? Playboy model and Russian Bachelor star dies waiting for lung transplant after car crash
According to The Mirror dated October 21, 2024, former star of the Russian Bachelor and Playboy model Veronika Murashkina passed away at the age of 31 and her death was officially confirmed on October 18, 2024.
The publication mentioned that she was waiting for a lung transplant after undergoing a horror crash in 2020, however, she passed away just days before her transplant was scheduled.
Veronika Murashkina's accident in 2020 took place as she was returning home to see her family and a drunk driver lost control of their vehicle, hitting Veronika and her friends. The accident resulted in her leg getting badly mangled after which she spent the past four years bedridden. Additionally, her immune system weakened and she developed a life-threatening lung disease.
"It seemed that her troubles were finally in the past": Veronika Murashkina's friend comments on Playboy model's demise
Born in Toguchin, Veronika Murashkina spent most of her life in Moscow- the capital of Russia. According to The Sun UK, Veronika earned an economics education and became a full-time model before she took part in the fifth season of Russia's The Bachelor. Moreover, she appeared in Playboy magazine in 2017 and was featured wearing yellow bunny ears with a note on the side talking about Playboy's infamous parties.
Her claim to fame was her participation in Russia's The Bachelor on TNT wherein she was one of the contestants competing for actor Ilya Glinnikov. According to My Land Rover's account of Veronika in the 2017 show, the lead of the show Ilya Glinnikov had a triple date consisting of Catherine, Katya, and Veronika wherein Catherine and Katya made it to the very end of the show and Glinnikov ended up making contestant Ekaterina Nikulin the winner.
Confirming the news of Veronika's demise, her friend told the local media that after the model's horror crash, her leg was "literally put back together piece by piece". The Playboy model's friend also mentioned:
"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."
After gaining popularity from Playboy and Russia's The Bachelor, Veronika encountered a horror crash in 2020. As per WhatNew2Day, Veronika Murashkina was in her hometown Toguchin to visit her grandmother and mother and she went for a walk down the street with her childhood friends when the accident occurred.
The publication mentioned that a car driven by a drunk classmate flew into the parking lot where Veronika and her friends were hanging out and the Playboy model took the blow of the same getting seriously injured. She underwent surgery and a long period of rehabilitation to save her leg.
The Sun UK's account of Veronika Murashkina's life after the accident that caused serious injury to her leg mentions that the Playboy model gave up her modelling career after the crash. She then began to focus on arts and crafts, particularly handcrafting.
Moreover, the model's family has not commented or given a statement on her demise yet.