Celebrity tributes pour in after fashion influencer Tanice Elizabeth dies in her sleep as Rosie Huntington-Whiteley praises the ‘vibrant and beautiful’ mother of two
Family and friends have paid heartfelt tribute to a ‘smart and kind’ influencer who died ‘peacefully’ in her sleep.
Luxury fashion and beauty creative Tanice Elizabeth Samuels, who lived in Belfast, passed away on Monday, December 18, leaving behind her husband Jon-Paul and their two sons.
The Irish-Jamaican content creator and former lawyer, believed to be in her 30s, said she suffered from non-epileptic seizures, although her family are yet to confirm the cause of her untimely death.
Since then, heartbreaking tributes have poured in for the ‘beautiful’ mother Instagram page, including messages from family and fans. Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and singer Vanessa White have also written tributes.
With a ‘heavy heart’ her family announced: ‘Our beautiful, smart and kind Tanice Elizabeth Samuels passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, December 18th.
Family and friends have paid heartfelt tribute to influencer Tanice Elizabeth Samuels, who died ‘peacefully’ in her sleep on Monday (photo: Tanice at a fashion event)
The wife and mother of two left behind her two sons and husband, Jon-Paul Samuels (pictured)
With heavy hearts, Tanice’s family announced that the ‘smart and kind’ mother had passed away
“Thank you for all the love and support you have shown Tanice on her journey.”
Former Victoria Secret model and wife of Jason Statham described her as a ‘vibrant and beautiful woman’: ‘Tanice, you will be greatly missed by so many. I have always enjoyed our time together. Such a vibrant and beautiful woman. My thoughts are with your family that you always spoke so much about.’
Her stylist Melissa wrote: ‘This is so heartbreaking!! May God rest her soul in perfect peace. Praying for the family’.
Meanwhile, singer Vanessa White said on Saturday the news was “so heartbreaking”.
Fellow content creator Estée Lalonde also paid tribute: “My heart breaks for your family. Tanice was an angel on earth. From the moment I met her, I simply adored her in every way. All my love to your family.”
Patricia Bright said she was heartbroken by the news. She said, ‘Rest in peace. Heartbreaking for the family, sending prayers at such a difficult time.”
Tanice touched the lives of so many, including her best friend’s sister who said: ‘The sadness will not go away – this beautiful woman who was such an incredible best friend to my sister and soul to the world will be with us forever are’.
And a friend described her as an angel, writing: ‘I can’t believe this. What a sweet angel Tanice was and I am so grateful that I shared and experienced beautiful moments with her. Sending love to her partner, family and her children.’
Tanice, who recently expressed her happiness as a ‘teenage mother’, left her career as a lawyer to focus on influencing full-time.
The Irish-Jamaican content creator and former lawyer traded in her career as a lawyer to focus full-time on influencing
Since then, heartbreaking tributes have poured in for the ‘beautiful’ mother, including messages from family and fans. Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and influencers Melissa Garderobe and Patricia Bright have also paid tribute to sweets
Speaking to Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s beauty and skincare brand Roos Inc in 2019 she said: ‘I had just turned 30 and was spending so many hours in the office, so I started to wonder if this office life was what I wanted to do forever.
“I broke down and thought, ‘I need something for myself because all I do is work, come home, put my kids to sleep and then go to bed and do it all again.'”
With encouragement from family and friends, Tanice opened a public Instagram account, where she documented her life as a lifestyle and fashion creative.
It didn’t take long before she built a legion of loyal followers and had some of the biggest fashion brands knocking on her door.
Before her death, she worked with the likes of Net-a-Porter, Mango and & Other Stories and had also co-founded Content for Better with stylist Lucy Alston – an online space dedicated to supporting a diverse collective of content creators and social media artists.