A TikTok influencer and beauty queen from Toronto, Canada, died after skydiving in her first solo class last weekend. Tanya Pardazi, 21, fell to her death on August 27 while completing a jump at Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario. The skydiving school requires students to complete a day of ground training before attempting a solo dive, CTV News Toronto reported. Pardazi, a philosophy student at the University of Toronto, had opened her parachute too late during her dive. Skydive Toronto said in a statement posted on Facebook that Pardazi “released a rapidly rotating main parachute at low altitude without the time/altitude required to inflate the backup parachute.” FORMER NFL DEFENSIVE END STEVE WHITE DIES AT 48 Tanya Pardazi, 21, fell to her death on August 27 while completing a jump at Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario. (TikTok/@philosatea) After the accident, the woman was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The skydiving facility also said in its statement that Pardazi “was a welcome recent addition to the skydiving community” and “will be missed among the new friends and colleagues of the Skydive Toronto Inc student. “The Skydive Toronto Inc team has been deeply affected by this accident as they have improved the student training program for over 50 years,” the statement said. Pardazi was a TikTok influencer with over 95,000 followers. In her videos, she discussed a range of topics including self-esteem, relationships, makeup and animals. Pardazi talked about skydiving in her latest video dated August 22. “I went skydiving a couple of days ago,” he said, talking about being in a class there. COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER LUKE BELL FOUND DEAD AT AGE 32 Parachute landing at Skydive Toronto. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) She had also previously reached the semi-finals of the Miss Canada beauty pageant. “Tanya had an interest in anything new and adventurous,” Pardazi’s friend Melody Ozgoli told CTV. “Her life was very boring and she was always trying to do something adventurous.” The skydiving company said it is cooperating with the South Simcoe Police Service’s investigation into her death. Pardazi talked about skydiving in her latest video dated August 22. (TikTok/@philosatea) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “He really lived every second to the fullest,” Ozgoli said. “This is the biggest shock for us. It’s very hard to process. It’s been a few days but we still can’t believe it.”
