Influencer and celebrity make-up artist Maja Janeska has been found dead in mysterious circumstances.
Her body was found in a plush home shared with her tobacco tycoon boyfriend.
Police found Maja’s body in the bedroom of the plush residence with a firearm next to her, in Bassonia Estate, Johannesburg.
Kyle Phillips, co-director of the tobacco company Carnilinx, said he was brushing his teeth in the bathroom when he heard a gunshot coming from their bedroom, according to reports.
In her last ever Instagram post on 22 November, the influencer was pictured with Bujar Osman, North Macedonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs.
She said the meeting was aimed at ‘establishing diplomatic relations between my country Republic of North Macedonia and my second home the Republic of South Africa’.
The 39-year-old influencer had 1.2 million Instagram followers at the time of her death.
Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo said: ‘Upon arrival at the address given, police found a woman in the bedroom with a gunshot wound on the head.
‘There was a firearm next to her. The woman was certified dead by the paramedics.’
Phillips Masondo would not comment on who owned the firearm adding: ‘The police cannot comment on it now as that might jeopardise the investigation.’
The police confirmed they have opened an inquest into the influencer’s death, meaning it is not being treated as suspicious at the present time.
