Model and swimwear designer Sahara Ray has died at 34. Her family confirmed the news Monday in a statement to TMZ: “She passed away last night surrounded by family at the hospital. She was so loved.” A cause of death has not been confirmed.
Ray, the daughter of Australian surfing legend Tony Ray, became widely known in 2016 when she was photographed vacationing with Justin Bieber in Hawaii. She went on to build a modelling career and her own swimwear label, Sahara Ray Swim, amassing nearly 900,000 followers on Instagram.
She had become a mother this year, giving birth to her daughter Snow on January 27. Her final Instagram post on July 19 showed photos of the infant with the caption, “My whole heart.”
In 2024, Ray revealed she had been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the nerves, after being struck by a car that April. In a TikTok video she said she was paralysed from her upper thighs down to her feet and was primarily using a wheelchair and a walker.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
