00:00The fashion world is in mourning.
00:02The family of Sahara Rae confirming that the model passed away on October 18th
00:07and giving further details regarding her death in a statement to TMZ the following day.
00:12She passed away last night surrounded by family at the hospital.
00:16She was so loved.
00:17A cause of death is not yet known.
00:19E! News has reached out to representatives for Sahara but has not heard back.
00:23The influencer began her modeling career in the mid-2010s
00:26and one of her notable breakthroughs into the fashion world came when she created her swimwear company,
00:31Sahara Rae Swim, in 2014.
00:34Sahara was also romantically linked to singers Cody Simpson and Justin Bieber in 2015 and 2016 respectively,
00:41romances that she never personally confirmed.
00:44In the past, she had previously opened up about some health scares she had endured,
00:48particularly in 2024 when after Sahara was hit by a car,
00:52she was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome,
00:54a disease where the immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system.
00:58So basically right now I'm paralyzed from the tops of my upper thighs all the way down to my feet.
01:07I can't walk at all.
01:09I am primarily in a wheelchair and I have a walker.
01:15And back in January, Sahara celebrated the birth of her first daughter, Snow,
01:19posting these photos of her newborn in July with the caption,
01:23my whole heart.
01:24Sahara Rae was 34 years old.
