Saint Von Colucci, a 22-year-old Canadian, dies after undergoing 12 surgeries to look like BTS’ Jimin.

A Canadian actor Saint of Colucci, died at the age of 22 after undergoing 12 cosmetic surgeries to look like lead singer Jimin of the BTS group.

Colucci died in the early hours of April 23 in a South Korean hospital as a result of complications from his recent surgery.

According to his publicist Eric BlakeVon Colucci, who moved to South Korea in 2019 to pursue a career in entertainment, went under the knife last Saturday to remove jaw implants he had placed last November.

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After the procedure, Van Colucci developed a life-threatening infection and required an intubation. Unfortunately, he passed away a few hours later.

“It is very tragic and very unfortunate,” said Blake, adding that his client “do not want it” her “very square jaw and chin”,because he “thought it was too wide”.

Van Colucci was very insecure about his appearance

Von Colucci was born with dark blonde hair and blue eyes. He was also 1.80 tall and weighed 82 kilos. He reportedly spent $220,000 on 12 surgeries, including a facelift, rhinoplasty, eye lift, eyebrow lift, and lip reduction, among others.

“He was very insecure about his appearance” Blake explained his client was very “unhappy” with his face.

His publicist said he had difficulty finding a job in South Korea because of his western appearance, which is why he underwent surgery.

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Blake said:

It was very difficult for him to find a job in South Korea. and he felt very discriminated against because of his Western appearance.

According to Blake, Von Colucci starred in an eight-episode Korean drama series called Pretty Lies — or alternatively, Cogimar — as Jimin, the 27-year-old star of Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS.

Blake said the show, which was produced from June to December 2022, is scheduled to premiere on a major US streaming service in October.

“He was very, very excited and worked very hard,” Blake said.