Photo: BANG Showbiz. All rights reserved. Tanya Pardazi died in a skydiving accident at the age of 21. The TikTok star – who was also a Miss Canada finalist – had racked up millions of views on the social media app under the name @philosatea. She was skydiving in late August in Toronto, after taking lessons, and succumbed to injuries sustained after her first solo jump. In a statement released on Facebook on Friday, skydiving company SkyDive Toronto said: “On Saturday, August 27, at approximately 6:00 p.m. The parachutist released a rapidly rotating main parachute at low altitude without the time/altitude required to inflate the backup parachute.” The company went on to explain that they are now working with the police on the situation and that they are “deeply hurt” by the incident because they have spent half a century “refining” their training program. The statement continued: “The Skydive Toronto team is currently working with South Simcoe Police on their investigation. “The jumper was a welcome recent addition to the skydiving community and will be missed by his new friends and fellow students at Skydive Toronto Inc. The Skydive Toronto Inc team was deeply affected by this accident as they refined their student training program for more than 50 years”. After her death, her close friend Melody Ozgoli said the tragedy was the “biggest shock” to those who knew her and described the late influencer as “adventurous”. “Tanya had an interest in anything new and adventurous. She really lived every second to the fullest. This is the biggest shock for us. It’s very hard to process. It’s been a few days but we still don’t believe it.”
