Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp was a British-South African model and paralegal. She modelled for FHM magazine and was the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa. On Valentine’s Day 2013, she was shot dead by her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide at a first trial. In December 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa overturned this conviction and instead convicted Pistorius of murder.
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Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp (19 August 1983 – 14 February 2013) was a British-South African model and paralegal. She modelled for FHM magazine and was the first face of Avon cosmetics in South Africa. She was a celebrity contestant on the BBC Lifestyle show Baking Made Easy in 2012 and on Tropika Island of Treasure season 5 which aired on SABC 3 in February 2013. On Valentine’s Day 2013, she was shot dead by her boyfriend, Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide at a first trial. On 3 December 2015, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa overturned this conviction and instead convicted Pistorius of murder.
Her body was cremated at Victoria Park crematorium in Port Elizabeth on 19 February 2013 and the service was conducted by Pastor Kurt Sutton of the Oasis Family Church. She had been dating Pistorius, a South African Olympic and Paralympic runner, since November 2012. At the time of her death she was signed up to appear on season five of the reality TV programme Tropika island of Treasure and had filmed the series episodes on location in Jamaica. The screening of the series began airing as scheduled on 16 February 2013, two days after her death.
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