A Brazilian model named as Mariana Bridi da Costa died.

Brazilian amputee model dead at 20

Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa died in Early Saturday after undergoing multiple amputations.

"Unfortunately Mari couldn't resist any longer. She passed away at 3 a.m. today," Henrique Fontes, executive director of Miss World Brazil, said in an e-mail to CNN.

Renato Lindgren, a close friend of the model who runs a blog dedicated to her, and confirmed da Costa's death.

On his blog, Renato Lindgren wrote that he and other friends were going to the hospital.

"On behalf of all the family, we are grateful for the support and the affection that the entire world has sent to us," he wrote.

Da Costa, 20, had fought a pernicious disease that has ravaged her body and forced doctors to perform the amputations and extract part of her stomach as well as both kidneys.

Such things gave her death.