A New Zealand influencer and mother of five famous for sharing inspirational fitness posts has died.
Bodybuilder and fitness writer Raechelle Chase – who at one point had more than 1.4million followers on Facebook and has been described as an ‘internet sensation’ – died earlier this month.
Ms Chase was the first Kiwi to qualify for an Olympia bodybuilding event and competed at a series of international meets.
Most recently, she worked as a fitness model who had graced magazine covers on at least 14 occassions and influencer who offered online fitness mentoring.
News of her death sparked an outouring of tributes led by her eldest daughter Anna Chase.
Bodybuilder and fitness writer Raechelle Chase – who at one point had more than 1.4million followers on Facebook and has been described as an ‘internet sensation’ – died earlier this month
‘She was supportive, kind-hearted and always had the best advice for us. She was a wildly driven woman with ambition and has inspired millions of people around the world, she wrote, according to Stuff.
Friend Keith O’Connell describer her death was ‘so sudden, so unexpected’.
‘Not going to lie, very few things in my life hit me as hard as your passing… You had so much left to live. So much love to give,’ he wrote earlier this month.
You were, still are, and always will be one of the kindest beautiful souls I will ever have experienced.’
Ms Chase was the first Kiwi to qualify for an Olympia bodybuilding event and competed at a series of international meets
She was last on social media on September 30
‘Growth can be painful, change can be painful but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong,’ she posted on Instagram.
She also shared photos from a magazine photo shoot on Facebook late last month.
Ms Chase’s death is being investigated by the New Zealand Coroner.
More to follow
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