Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead by her boyfriend South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius — who has been denied release from prison in a parole hearing today — it was a life cut short before she reached her 30s.
Steenkamp, 29, had been a model, a law school graduate and an entrepreneur committed to empowering women.
She was loved by the South African community, her friends, siblings and her parents who are still desperately grieving their daughter's tragic death.