A social media star known online as Mary Magdalene has been found dead in Thailand, just hours after sharing a cryptic final post that has since taken on chilling significance.
The influencer, whose real name was Denise Ivonne Jarvis Gongora, was 33 years old.
Local authorities confirmed that Gongora died after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of a high-rise condominium in Phuket on Tuesday. Her body was discovered by hotel staff in the parking area of the Patong Tower shortly after 1.30pm, according to Thai police.
The Daily Mail has reviewed police information verifying her identity and has independently confirmed her death with sources close to her family.
Gongora, a Mexican-Canadian model and artist, had reportedly checked into the building for a one-night stay just hours before the incident.
Thai outlet Khaosod English reported that her body was transferred from Patong Hospital to Vachira Phuket Hospital, where a full autopsy is being carried out to determine the exact cause of death. 
Shortly before she died, Gongora shared a haunting post to social media: the final scene from the 1998 film The Truman Show, in which Jim Carrey’s character bows and says, “And in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night.”
Alongside the clip, she posted a childhood photograph of herself. She also changed the username of one of her Instagram accounts to “MaryMagdaleneDied.”
The Phuket News initially withheld her name from reporting until her family had been formally notified.
Tributes have since poured in from friends and fellow creators, including rapper Kreayshawn, RuPaul’s Drag Race star Plane Jane, and influencer Eden the Doll.
Her younger brother Ivan shared a devastating tribute on Thursday, posting a photograph of the pair together in Mexico.
“I wish I’d spent more time getting to know you,” he wrote. “You are so funny and so creative, way more than I’ll ever be. I love you more than words will ever say. You are my world. I wish things were different. Thank you for everything. I love you, sis.”
Gongora rose to internet fame after undergoing a series of extreme and often illegal plastic surgery procedures, amassing around half a million followers across multiple platforms.
Her surgeries included multiple nose and breast augmentations, lip fillers, brow lifts, facial and body liposuction, fat transfers, veneers, cat-eye surgery, butt implants, multiple BBLs, and silicone injections — many of which caused severe medical complications.
She first went viral in 2018 after undergoing a dangerous procedure to enlarge her vagina with fillers, which she later admitted nearly killed her.
“I had to get two blood transfusions,” she previously said. “The doctor thought I was going to die.”
She later reversed the procedure through vaginoplasty after describing the outcome as disfiguring.
Because many of her surgeries were illegal, Gongora frequently travelled abroad — including to Colombia and Russia — to undergo procedures. She nearly died multiple times on the operating table, and at one point her buttocks became severely infected after illegal injections, which she controversially attempted to seal with superglue.
In addition to her online notoriety, Gongora was also a respected artist, earning a cult following for her psychedelic paintings, sculptures and self-portraits.
She grew up in a strict religious household and previously said she was forbidden from watching Disney as a child. She later rebelled, becoming sexually active and experimenting with drugs at a young age.
By 17, she was working as a stripper and later became an escort before monetising her online fame through OnlyFans, which she said allowed her to leave sex work behind.
Despite publicly embracing her extreme image, Gongora admitted in recent years that she felt trapped in a relentless cycle of surgery.
“It’s not a fun little adventure anymore,” she wrote in 2023. “It’s draining my time, my money, my energy, my health. You just end up digging yourself into a very expensive hole.”
In the year before her death, she had begun tattooing her entire upper body in solid black ink and had spoken about wanting to return to a more natural appearance.
Authorities have not yet confirmed the circumstances surrounding her death.
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Source: Daily Mail
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