Christina Ashten Gourkani, a 34-year-old model and adult content creator passed away Thursday, April 20th, after undergoing what many believe to have been a cosmetic surgery procedure.
Gourkani, who was more widely known as Ashten G, is remembered by many for her friendliness and compassion, and for bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kim Kardashian.
A medical tribute from Gourkani’s family shares the cause of her death as a cardiac arrest, and says Gourkani’s sudden passing is being treated as a “homicide related to [a] medical procedure that took a turn for the worse.”
It is unknown what if any elective surgical procedure the model was getting, or in what state or country it was performed.
Gourkani’s last post to social media, April 19th, bears California as her location.
“She was such a caring and loving free spirit that always took the time to bring a smile to anyone’s face she crossed paths with. She was the kind of person that would kneel down and talk to children at eye level, she searched for the lonely person in the corner and made them feel special as she has such a gift of connecting with people.”
The Gourkani Family, Celebrating Christina Ashten Gourkani (10/22/1988 – 04/20/2023)
The family’s medical tribute in Ashten’s honor aims to raise $40,000 for funeral expenses, for a service to be held Thursday, May 4th, according to the tribute.
Thus far, $5,917 has been given by 76 donors.
Gourkani was 5’5 and weighed 125 pounds. She had 618,000 followers on Instagram at the time of her passing.
“It is with deep sorrow and an immensely heavy broken heart that we have to share the most shattering, unfortunate and unexpected passing of our beautiful beloved daughter and sister Christina Ashten Gourkani,” the family writes.
“We ask in this time of mourning our loss & disbelief that people can come together to help our family make it through this, when there is not enough strength.
“We are grateful for the support that you are able to provide to our family as we lay Christina Ashten Gourkani to eternal peace.”