University student and TikTok influencer Tanya Pardazi, from Toronto, Canada, has died aged 21. She suffered a fatal accident while performing a jump during a skydiving course.

Friends say she died on August 27, while performing her first solo skydive with Skydive Toronto in Innisfil, Ontario.

The company said in a statement that the student “was slow to activate the main parachute and did not have the time or altitude for the backup parachute to inflate.”

After the fall, she was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Melody Ozgoli, who is a childhood friend of the influencer, told CTV News Toronto that Tanya is into anything that is new and represents an adventure. “Life was pretty boring for her and she was always trying to do something with an adventurous spirit.”

Ozgoli said Pardazi was finishing her course at skydiving school and it would have been her first time jumping alone. According to the company, the course requires students to complete a day of solo lessons before they can perform a solo jump.

“She really lived every second to the fullest. It’s a shock for us. It’s very difficult to deal with. It’s been a few days but we still can’t believe this happened.”

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Kimia Sepanlou, another close friend of Pardazi, said she was “one of the bravest girls” she had ever met.

“Every time we saw her, we knew we were on an adventure because she didn’t like to be bored or upset her loved ones,” she said. “Everyone who knew her also discovered her world.”

Tanya had over 100,000 followers on TikTok. She was studying philosophy in college and was a semi-finalist in the Miss Canada pageant.