Lotte van der Zee, a Dutch the 20-year-old who won the Miss Teen Universe contest in 2017, died of “sudden cardiac arrest” while on vacation in Austria, according to a post on her Instagram page last month.
“It is with the deepest sadness that we have to inform you about the reason behind Lotte’s public absence the past couple of days,” read the caption, written by the girl’s parents. “Two days ago, during our holiday in Westendorf – Austria, Lotte started to feel unwell throughout the course of the afternoon. A feeling that swiftly escalated in sudden cardiac arrest.”