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The internet personality was known for her former romantic relationship with Kerolin Nicoli, a prominent Brazilian soccer player
Influencer Rafaela Del Bianchi died on Oct. 3 after she was in a fatal car accident. She was 27.
The content creator, who had nearly 30,000 followers on Instagram and was known for fitness and lifestyle content on the platform, was thrown from a vehicle she was driving on the Lix da Cunha Highway in São Paulo, Brazil, after the car flipped around 5 a.m., multiple local outlets reported.
Bianchi was killed in the accident. Her friend and the owner of the car was taken to the hospital after sustaining minor injuries.
Bianchi was a mother to an 11-year-old daughter, Julia. She had posted on Instagram just hours before the accident and regularly shared videos from the gym, with her daughter and from her vacations on her account.
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Prominent Brazilian soccer player Kerolin Nicoli — with whom she was previously in a romantic relationship — and Bianchi’s daughter remembered the late internet personality in a joint Instagram post, writing, “Even though we know that one day life will end, we are never prepared to lose someone.”
“Today heaven gained a piece of what I loved most on Earth. It hurts to know that I can’t hug you anymore, but I feel you in every silence, in every good memory,” the pair wrote in Portuguese. “Nothing will erase what we live. Our love doesn’t end here — it’s just moved places. 🤍”
On Instagram, Rafaela’s brother, Ryan del Bianch,i posted an “open letter” to the late creator, writing, “They say time is able to heal everything, but it’s been hard to heal this void in my heart since you left. Even with this pain that won’t go away, we try to move forward to honor the amazing, strong, light-filled woman you were!”

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“Life gave me you as a gift, and I am only grateful for every word and every gesture, for all the affection and love,” he continued. “I wanted many more days and years by your side.”
Adriano del Bianchi, who was related to Rafaela, also posted a tribute, writing, “I didn’t have time to say a word to you I feel so much pain It’s a great loss to know that you won’t come back to us. I will never forget you in my life. You carry it on my chest for the rest of my life.”