Miss Teen Universe Lotte Van Der Zee has sadly passed away.

The 19-year-old Dutch model suffered from a heart attack during a ski trip with family on Wednesday (March 6) in Austria.

Lotte‘s parents Bert van der Zee and Eugeniek van het Hul took to her Instagram to share the heartbreaking news.

“Our pearl, our everything passed away on Wednesday evening March 6th at 22:47. It is incredibly surreal that our dearly beloved Lotte is not around us anymore. Our hearts are truly broken ?,” her parents wrote.

Her family explained that Lotte began to feel ill during the week which escalated in sudden cardiac arrest before she fell into a coma

They added, “We would like to thank you all again for all the support and heartwarming messages.”

Our thoughts are with Lotte‘s family and friends during this difficult time.

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