2024-02-03 19:45:00
An Indian model sparked an online storm this Saturday following admitting that she had faked her death on Instagram: she wanted to raise awareness regarding cervical cancer.
“We lost Poonam”
Poonam Pandey “courageously fought the disease” and died, a statement announced on Friday on her social networks.
Local media outlets published obituaries of the 32-year-old, and her Wikipedia page was updated following her apparent death, while Bollywood stars paid tribute to her.
A hoax recognized four days later
But some began to doubt the young woman’s death, particularly in view of images showing her, apparently in good health, on board a boat in Goa, published four days before. Poonam Pandey later admitted to her 1.3 million followers in another video posted on Instagram that her death was a hoax.
“Yes, I faked my disappearance, it’s extreme I know. But suddenly we’re all talking regarding cervical cancer, right? “, wrote Poonam Pandey. “I am proud of what the announcement of my death was able to accomplish.”
Many Internet users castigated the young woman for wanting to draw attention to herself at all costs. “Engaging in a deceptive operation, such as faking one’s death, under the guise of ‘awareness raising’ is not only unethical but also manipulative,” said one Internet user. ” Shame on you […] Next time, no one will take your real death seriously! “, wrote another.
Extravagance
The young Indian began her modeling career in 2010 and quickly gained notoriety for her extravagance. She had promised to strip for the Indian cricket team if they won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, then posted a video where she is seen taking off her clothes at the Wankhede Stadium where the final was played. She has also appeared in Bollywood films, including an erotic thriller in 2013, Nasha.
With a population approaching 1.5 billion, India accounts for nearly a quarter of the world’s cervical cancer cases, according to the World Health Organization. NGOs are campaigning for a national vaccination campaign once morest human papillomavirus (HPV) infections for young girls, which in other countries has significantly reduced the incidence of cervical cancer.
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