The influencer gained a massive following through her modelling pictures and travel posts
Kelly Williams Content Editor and Husna Anjum Senior Reporter
10:45, 10 Jul 2026Updated 10:55, 10 Jul 2026
Kauana Bilhar, 27(Image: Jam Press/@kauanabilhar)
A police investigation has launched into the death of an influencer with over 20,000 followers on Instagram. Kauana Bilhar fell from the 27th floor of a building in Dubai, days after announcing her engagement.
The cause of death is yet unknown as a police probe takes place according to DailyStar. The 27-year-old’s death was announced by her mum, Darla Bilhar, on 7 July, according to NeedToKnow.
“There are no words capable of expressing the magnitude of the longing you left behind,” said Darla.
“Today you are no longer by my side as I dreamed, but you will live forever within me. I love you infinitely, my girl. Until the day we can meet again.”
The influencer’s mum has jetted to Dubai to monitor the investigation and bring her daughter’s remains back to Brazil. In one of Kauana’s final posts she was marking her engagement to partner Barbara Abrantes.
Kauana Bilhar died after falling from the 27th floor of high-rise building(Image: Jam Press/@kauanabilhar)
She shared the celebration on 25 June, thought to be her final social media update. The precise date of the Brazilian model’s death remains unknown.
Devastated mum Darla has called for respect for her daughter after her social media was swamped with vicious comments.
She added: “My daughter deserves respect. She can no longer respond to the accusations, the malicious comments, the stories that are being created about her.
“It is with my soul in pieces that I come to speak out. My daughter deserves respect.”
The news comes after we reported how the body of a teenage TikTok star was discovered stuffed in binbags after allegedly being murdered by a group of hooded assailants. Pedro Alexander Díaz Franco’s remains were found on a highway in Honduras a day after he was kidnapped by armed men.
On Monday morning, the 15-year-old social media influencer’s body was dumped in binbags along the CA-13 highway in La Lima, Cortés Department. The teenager had allegedly been abducted on Sunday evening by a group of hooded men armed with high-calibre guns at a football court in Campo Nevada, Choloma.
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