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The Web is mourning the off a well-liked and well-known journey influencer.
Vanessa Konopka, a local of Germany who shared her adventures residing in Boracay, Philippines beneath the title @happinesscrossing, handed away on March 7 after a battle with liver injury and pneumonia, her boyfriend Fernando confirmed in a Fb publish that very same day.
She was 28 years outdated.
The terrible information has solely simply gone viral now.
“Hi there everybody, This morning, on March seventh, Vanessa handed away. She all the time beloved connecting with you all, and her love for the Philippines was past phrases,” Fernando, wrote by way of Fb final month.
“As soon as once more, I can solely ask on your prayers in order that God could convey consolation to the hearts of her family members. I belief in Him, I do know He’s with Vanessa and I do know God is all the time with us.”
Fernando — a fellow social media person who talked about his on travels within the Philippines alongside Vanessa — additionally addressed his late girlfriend on-line.
“In case you are maybe studying this someplace, thanks a lot for instructing me easy methods to love myself doesn’t matter what different individuals assume,” he wrote.
“She confirmed me easy methods to love myself, and easy methods to observe my desires! I’ll perpetually love you and we might even see one another once more.”
Konopka was well-known for a vlog titled Happiness Crossing together with her boyfriend.
The couple, who met in Australia, documented their life within the Philippines together with making an attempt Filipino meals and spending time on the seashore.
In a GoFundMe created earlier this yr, Fernando defined that Vanessa was hospitalized in December 2024 within the Philippines.
He famous that she was identified with “extreme liver injury and pneumonia, which have made her extraordinarily weak.”
A few month later, Vanessa uploaded her remaining publish… the place she detailed her struggles in a hospital within the Philippines, which is the place she was residing with Fernando.
“Unhappy, overthinking, in ache,” Vanessa wrote in a video detailing her expertise as a affected person.
“Till, this Filipino physician got here into my room abruptly to inform me how a lot his spouse loves my movies and if we will name her.”
Previous to her hospitalization, Vanessa had been coping with sickness for quite a few months, sharing a message to her followers amid this difficult time.
“This time made me notice although how essential well being is,” she wrote in a June 2024 message on Instagram, “and the way fortunate all of us could be that we’re alive and wholesome.”
We ship our ideas and prayers to those that knew Vanessa Konopka. Might she relaxation in peace.
