Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend was a model, law graduate
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This undated handout photo released on Thursday, Feb 14, 2013, by Ice Models in South Africa shows South African model Reeva Steenkamp who was shot dead on Thursday by her South African Olympic sprint star boyfriend Oscar Pistorius. Steenkamp was a model, a law school graduate and an entrepreneur who cared about empowering women and was to give an inspirational talk on Thursday at a Johannesburg School. -- PHOTO: AFP/ICE MODELS
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Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius posing next to his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. South Africa's Olympic sprinter Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius was taken into police custody on Feb 14, 2013, after allegedly shooting dead his model girlfriend having mistaken her for an intruder at his upscale home. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Oscar Pistorius (right) and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp pose for a picture in Johannesburg, on Feb 7, 2013. South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Feb 14, with shooting dead his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius (right) smiles with his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp at an awards ceremony in Johannesburg on Nov 4, 2012. Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Feb 14, 2013 with shooting dead Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Model Reeva Steenkamp is seen in this undated handout picture released by Capacity Relations on Feb 14, 2013. South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Thursday with shooting dead his girlfriend Steenkamp at his upscale home in Pretoria. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Tribute picture on Twitter of Reeva Steenkamp, who is believed to have been shot and killed by boyfriend South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius has since been arrested by South Africa police. -- PHOTO: TWITTER
This undated handout photo released on Thursday, Feb 14, 2013, by Ice Models in South Africa shows South African model Reeva Steenkamp who was shot dead on Thursday by her South African Olympic sprint star boyfriend Oscar Pistorius. Steenkamp was a model, a law school graduate and an entrepreneur who cared about empowering women and was to give an inspirational talk on Thursday at a Johannesburg School. -- PHOTO: AFP/ICE MODELS
Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius posing next to his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. South Africa's Olympic sprinter Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius was taken into police custody on Feb 14, 2013, after allegedly shooting dead his model girlfriend having mistaken her for an intruder at his upscale home. -- PHOTO: AFP
Oscar Pistorius (right) and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp pose for a picture in Johannesburg, on Feb 7, 2013. South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Feb 14, with shooting dead his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius (right) smiles with his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp at an awards ceremony in Johannesburg on Nov 4, 2012. Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Feb 14, 2013 with shooting dead Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Model Reeva Steenkamp is seen in this undated handout picture released by Capacity Relations on Feb 14, 2013. South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Thursday with shooting dead his girlfriend Steenkamp at his upscale home in Pretoria. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Tribute picture on Twitter of Reeva Steenkamp, who is believed to have been shot and killed by boyfriend South African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius has since been arrested by South Africa police. -- PHOTO: TWITTER
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The woman who was shot dead in double-amputee Olympian runner Oscar Pistorius' house was a model, a law school graduate and an entrepreneur who cared about empowering women and was to give an inspirational talk on Thursday at a Johannesburg School.
Publicist Sarit Tomlinson said Reeva Steenkamp, known simply as Reeva, was one of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World for two years running, appeared in international and South African advertisements and was one of the celebrity contestants on Tropika Island of Treasure filmed in Jamaica.
At Twitter, she tweeted messages urging women to stand up against rape alongside her excitement about Valentine's Day.
"What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow?" she tweeted. "It should be a day of love for everyone."
