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The Web is mourning the off a preferred and well-known journey influencer.
Vanessa Konopka, a local of Germany who shared her adventures dwelling in Boracay, Philippines underneath the title @happinesscrossing, handed away on March 7 after a battle with liver injury and pneumonia, her boyfriend Fernando confirmed in a Fb put up that very same day.
She was 28 years outdated.
The terrible information has solely simply gone viral now.
“Hi there everybody, This morning, on March seventh, Vanessa handed away. She at all times liked connecting with you all, and her love for the Philippines was past phrases,” Fernando, wrote through Fb final month.
“As soon as once more, I can solely ask on your prayers in order that God might carry consolation to the hearts of her family members. I belief in Him, I do know He’s with Vanessa and I do know God is at all times with us.”
Fernando — a fellow social media person who talked about his on travels within the Philippines alongside Vanessa — additionally addressed his late girlfriend on-line.
“In case you are maybe studying this someplace, thanks a lot for educating me love myself doesn’t matter what different folks assume,” he wrote.
“She confirmed me love myself, and observe my desires! I’ll endlessly love you and we may even see one another once more.”
Konopka was well-known for a vlog titled Happiness Crossing along with her boyfriend.
The couple, who met in Australia, documented their life within the Philippines together with making an attempt Filipino meals and spending time on the seaside.
In a GoFundMe created earlier this yr, Fernando defined that Vanessa was hospitalized in December 2024 within the Philippines.
He famous that she was identified with “extreme liver injury and pneumonia, which have made her extraordinarily weak.”
A few month later, Vanessa uploaded her ultimate put up… the place she detailed her struggles in a hospital within the Philippines, which is the place she was residing with Fernando.
“Unhappy, overthinking, in ache,” Vanessa wrote in a video detailing her expertise as a affected person.
“Till, this Filipino physician got here into my room without warning to inform me how a lot his spouse loves my movies and if we will name her.”
Previous to her hospitalization, Vanessa had been coping with sickness for quite a lot of months, sharing a message to her followers amid this difficult time.
“This time made me notice although how essential well being is,” she wrote in a June 2024 message on Instagram, “and the way fortunate all of us will be that we’re alive and wholesome.”
We ship our ideas and prayers to those that knew Vanessa Konopka. Might she relaxation in peace.
