Christina Ashten Gourkani, who went by Ashten G online, died in a California hospital in the early hours of Thursday, April 20, after going into cardiac arrest following her operation. She was 34.

The social media personality had shared her last Instagram post on Tuesday, April 18, which consisted of three selfies of Gourkani looking remarkably like Kardashian as she posed in a yellow sports bra and tight black shorts.

The post, which was captioned ‘Happy Tuesday. 1,2,3,’ has now become a memorial for the star, with friends and fans leaving tributes in the comments section.

Gourkani’s heartbroken family has started a GoFundMe page to raise funds for her funeral, which is scheduled for next week, and has also announced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.

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Christina Ashten Gourkani, an OnlyFans model who spent thousands to look like Kim Kardashian, shared a positive message for her Instagram followers just days before she died in hospital after an ill-fated cosmetic surgery procedure. (Pictured: her last Instagram post)

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Ms Gourkani, 34, who went by Ashten G online, died in a California hospital in the early hours of Thursday, April 20, after going into cardiac arrest following her operation. She had shared her last Instagram post on Tuesday, April 18, which consisted of three selfies of Gourkani looking remarkably like Kardashian as she posed in a yellow sports bra and tight black shorts

While Ms Gourkani underwent many cosmetic surgeries during her short life – all of which carried risks she would have been well aware of – her family wants answers for why this operation ended in tragedy.

‘Her sudden and tragic passing is currently being investigated… related to a medical procedure that took a turn for the worse,’ they said in a statement.

A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood around the body, which is usually due to a problem with electrical signals in the organ.

WHAT IS CARDIAC ARREST AND WHAT ARE THE SIGNS?

A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood around the body, which is usually due to a problem with electrical signals in the organ.

This causes the brain to be starved of oxygen, which results in sufferers not breathing and losing consciousness.

Cardiac arrests are different to heart attacks, with the latter occurring when blood supply to the heart muscle is cut off due to a clot in one of the coronary arteries.

Common causes include heart attacks, heart disease and heart muscle inflammation.

Drug overdose and losing a large amount of blood can also be to blame.

Giving an electric shock through the chest wall via a defibrillator can start the heart again.

In the meantime, CPR can keep oxygen circulating around the body.

What are the signs?

There are usually no symptoms before a cardiac arrest and, without immediate treatment, it will be fatal.

If someone is in cardiac arrest they won’t be conscious, responsive or breathing normally, if at all.

This causes the brain to be starved of oxygen, which results in sufferers not breathing and losing consciousness.

Cardiac arrests are different to heart attacks, with the latter occurring when blood supply to the heart muscle is cut off due to a clot in one of the coronary arteries.

The crowdfunding page for Ms Gourkani’s funeral includes a lengthy statement expressing the family’s shock and anguish, as well as a brief account of the moments leading up to the model’s death.

‘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,’ they wrote.

The statement went on to describe the harrowing moment someone called Ms Gourkani’s family at 4.30am screaming, ‘Ashten is dying, Ashten is dying!’

The family spokesperson then described the ‘living nightmare’ of watching her health decline in hospital following her cardiac arrest.

As of Thursday afternoon, the GoFundMe has raised $4,582 of its $40,000 goal.

Fellow OnlyFans model Mary Magdalene paid tribute to Ms Gourkani on Instagram.

Magdalene, a plastic surgery addict who once almost died trying to get the ‘world’s fattest vagina’, wrote of Ms Gourkani: ‘I don’t know her, [but] I would always just randomly see her on Instagram and think she was really pretty but that is so sad she just died from plastic surgery.’

‘It is so scary because you really just never know when you’re going to die from [risky surgery],’ she added, before expressing her own fears about ‘sustaining brain damage’ whenever she goes under the knife.

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Magdalene, a plastic surgery addict who once almost died trying to get the ‘world’s fattest vagina’, wrote of Ms Gourkani: ‘I don’t know her, [but] I would always just randomly see her on Instagram and think she was really pretty but that is so sad she just died from plastic surgery’