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<\/p>\nTabby Brown once told Snoop Dogg she planned to go back into business after her career modelling for Playboy, Cosmopolitan and ELLE in an interview years before her tragic death aged 38.<\/p>\n
In a resurfaced interview with the music star from 2012, the model revealed how she was working as a business manager before getting her big break in modelling by starring in a Virgin Atlantic advert.<\/p>\n
Tabby, who also starred in a music video for Snoop Dogg’s song ‘Funny H**s’ the same year, added: ‘I can always go back to the business world. You have to set a foundation for yourself first and foremost. I am not going to be able to model when I am 50.’<\/p>\n
Tabby’s sudden death was confirmed by her manager yesterday. No cause of death has been revealed. MailOnline has contacted her representatives for further information.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old from South London made fame by modelling for Playboy, Cosmopolitan and ELLE. She also starred in the reality TV series The Bachelor. More recently,\u00a0she launched her own gym wear company called tbleggins and often posted photos of herself wearing the kit while at the gym doing deadlifts.<\/p>\n
Tabby had previously dated Italian strike Mario Balotelli and England star Raheem Sterling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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In 2012, Tabby was interviewed by Snoop Dogg about her career and her switch from being a business manger to a model<\/p>\n
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Model Tabby Brown has died aged 38, with tributes pouring in for the beloved actor and dancer<\/p>\n
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Throughout her career Ms Brown, who was born in South London , modelled for Cosmopolitan and dated footballers Raheem Sterling and Mario Balotelli<\/p>\n
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Tabby starred in a number of music videos in the 2010s, including alongside Snoop Dog<\/p>\n
Speaking to Snoop Dogg, Tabby revealed:\u00a0‘I have been modelling for six years and presenting in Europe, the UK, Taiwan and America, but before that I was studying. All I did was study.<\/p>\n
‘I got my BA, then I got my masters and then I worked as business manager and then one day I got a commercial for Virgin Atlantic and ever since then I thought there is so much money to be made in commercials, why not.’<\/p>\n
Snoop Dogg called Tabby ‘more than a video vixen’, and described her as a woman ‘the mind, the body, the experience, the soul, the struggle, the hustle’. He also called her an inspiration to younger women.<\/p>\n
Just six weeks ago the beautiful model made her final movements online, seen in an Instagram\u00a0video happily posing in a public bathroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bereaved friends and family have paid tribute to the star under her last Instagram photo, posted in February 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Tabby\u00a0dated Italian football player Mario Balotelli (pictured together) for seven months in 2011 after first meeting in a nightclub<\/p>\n
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Tabby and Raheem Sterling in March 2016 were pictured leaving The Lowry Hotel in Manchester together following a hotel date. Pictured: Sterling leaving the hotel, followed by Tabby\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Tabby, pictured in 2016 after leaving a hotel with Sterling, dated a number of footballers, including\u00a0Mario Balotelli<\/p>\n
Devastated friends and shocked fans took to social media to pay tribute to the star with musician NayNay writing: ‘What a light you were, your outer exterior matched your insides, so beautiful. I’m genuinely shocked and saddened you’re gone. Rest in eternal peace Tabby.’<\/p>\n
Influencer and The Only Way is Essex Star\u00a0Vas J Morgan\u00a0added: ‘My heart is broken’.<\/p>\n
One wrote: ‘Heartbroken. A true angel – love you tabs – sending you love and light as you transition.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another said: ‘Rest in peace beautiful, this definitely came as a shock. My sincere condolences to your family and friends.’<\/p>\n
A third added: ‘RIP Tabby, you will be truly missed. You were one of a kind.’<\/p>\n
‘You were generous, beautiful, intelligent and a go getter, nothing could stop you from reaching your goal. Love you Tabby RIP, proud of you, another said,\u00a0while a fifth added:\u00a0‘RIP Tabby, you will be truly missed. You were one of a kind.’<\/p>\n
Tabby quickly rose to prominence, starring on the cover of a number of magazines and getting a few presenting gigs. The model landed advertising jobs working for Walkers crisps, Sleek Hair, Legs Avenue and Littlewoods, amongst others.<\/p>\n
In 2009 she was selected to represent England at the World Super Model in Taiwan, according to her acting profile. That same year she presented at the International Football Awards, Music Download Awards and the Urban Music Awards.<\/p>\n
In 2010 she went on to star in several music videos, including for B.o.B and Rivers Cuomo’s hit song Magic, where she is seen dancing around in a bikini.<\/p>\n
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In 2019, Tabby launched her own gym leggins company called tbleggins. Here she is pictured wearing a bodysuit from her brand<\/p>\n
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Tabby had a number of brand deals on her Instagram account including Goli Nutrition, which creates vitamin supplements\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The model\u00a0appeared in advertisements for Canon, Virgin Atlantic, AXE and Lynx<\/p>\n
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Tabby’s career was launched after she did an international advert for Virgin Atlantic\u00a0<\/p>\n
She then starred in Dizzee Rascal’s Dirtee Disco video, where she plays one of the gatecrashers, dancing and embracing the rapper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The following year, the model made an appearance in the Open Your Eyes music video, by Alex Metric, and in 2012 she starred in Snoop Dog’s music video ‘Funny H**s’.<\/p>\n
Tabby previously dated Chelsea star Raheem Sterling. It is unclear how long the pair dated for but in March 2016 they were seen leaving the Lowry Hotel in Manchester together, following a date.<\/p>\n
She also dated Italian football player Mario Balotelli for seven months in 2011 after first meeting in a nightclub.<\/p>\n
The Adana Demirspor striker added her on Facebook before convincing her to go on a date with him.<\/p>\n
‘I really fell for Mario \u2013 against my better judgment. He told me he wanted us to settle down and have a family,’ she told the Mirror two years later.<\/p>\n
‘Then I found out he was having a baby with his ex, there were constant stories about him partying with other women, and all the ‘she’s just a friend’ texts.<\/p>\n
‘So I ended it in November. Mario couldn’t believe it and thought he could sweet-talk me into going back to him.’<\/p>\n