Despite the 100 million positive coronavirus cases in the world, and the 2.16 million deaths, many categorize the disease as something uncertain, a virus to control people, and some believe in conspiracy theories.
This was the case with Ygona Moura, a Brazilian transsexual influencer, who died of COVID-19 and became popular on social media for her peculiar shape, ideologies and ridicule around the virus.
Moura documented his forays on social networks, which received negative but also positive reactions, which encouraged him to continue his way of being and thinking. He explained on one occasion that this type of activity was economically beneficial to him, in which he participated without a mask and without exercising physical distance. She was diagnosed with COVID in early January after attending a party.
“Aglomerou com successso” (successfully agglomerated), this expression was used in the captions of photos and videos that he published on his social networks, where, after going viral, he was called upon to attend events and produce product and perform brand promotions.
Ygona reached 100,000 followers in December 2020, but in her lifetime she did not always receive applause from her surroundings, as she revealed her tragic story through an interview conducted by the Discovery Channel.
His life
Famous TV, a Brazilian medium, published part of his story, where he told his life through an interview conducted by the Discovery Channel. He explained that he was transsexual, and that he felt he was gay since he was 16 years old.
According to the media, Ygona explained that he had trouble finding work because “he was black and fat”, on top of that constantly arguing with his mother, who did not accept him.
“At home my mother says she accepts my sexual choice, but she even refused me a plate of food because I was out of work”Ygona said in the interview.
She said she became a transsexual when she was 20, and then she started prostituting herself. “I bought my first wig, I stepped on it and never stopped. It was a way to learn and appreciate myself, I never thought it would get the attention of men,” he said.
As a result of the pandemic, Ygona lost a formal job that had begun long before the pandemic started, creating a new bond with her family who, after being fired, she said had been kicked out of the house by her mother in November. of 2020, which opened him up to the world of social networks.
Ygona became popular on the networks and after a publication by the singer Lana del Rey, a kind of fundraising campaign was organized and because of this she managed to move to a shelter for transsexual women, where she was still alive when she became ill. .
“All the messages I received motivated me to keep going. I felt that I have a future with the internet and that motivated me enormously not to give up. I want to be an influencerhe said in an interview with National Geographic.
‘Guys, what night was that? Successful public evening! I left the party at almost 8 in the morning. It was really packed! And I got good for that. Kisses for bad tongues! ”He wrote in one of his publications.