Latin beauty queen Solange Magnano has died after experiencing complications following a botched operation to boost her buttocks.

The former Miss Argentina, 38, underwent butt implant surgery in Buenos Aires on Wednesday (25Nov09) but suffered a pulmonary embolism - a blocked artery - just one day after undergoing a gluteoplasty.

Her close pal, fashion designer Roberto Piazza, revealed the tragedy happened when liquid injected into Magnano's backside "went to her lungs and brain". She was pronounced dead on Sunday (29Nov09) and her funeral was held on Monday (30Nov09). Piazza adds, "A woman who had everything lost her life to have a slightly firmer behind."

Police have since launched an investigation into her death.

The leggy brunette, who won the beauty title in 1994, is survived by her husband and their eight-year-old twins. (MT/WNWCZM&WNWCSK/ZN)

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