Influencers drowned during yacht party after 'refusing to wear life jackets because they would ruin their selfies and tans', police say

The horrific drowning of 2 influencers aft a yacht statement happened erstwhile their overcrowded vessel was sunk by a activity and they had refused to deterioration lifejackets, cops person revealed

Aline Tamara Moreira de Amorim, 37, and Beatriz Tavares da Silva Faria, 27, were recovered dormant aft their motorboat sank disconnected a agelong of Brazil's seashore known arsenic nan Devil's Throat.

Now astir a period aft nan drownings constabulary opportunity they died erstwhile their overloaded vessel was swamped arsenic it returned to nan Brazilian seashore arsenic they near nan party.

Sao Vincente constabulary commissioner Marcos Alexandre Alfino says nan influencers had refused to deterioration life jackets, section media reported connected October 25. 

He said: 'Some didn't want to put them connected because they were taking selfies.

'They said that they get successful nan measurement of their tanning.'

The revelation came aft nan boat's skipper, not named by police, had fixed extended interviews to constabulary complete nan deaths.

The captain, 1 of 5 survivors, said he had been ordered to return six influencers to nan statement contempt his vessel having a maximum capacity of 5 passengers.

So erstwhile nan trade was deed by a immense activity connected 29th September, reports section media, it was excessively dense to thrust it retired and began to sink.

The skipper told constabulary he had tried desperately to prevention everyone.

Beatriz's assemblage was recovered first drifting retired to oversea and was recovered by Brazil's Maritime Firefighters.

Aline was recovered dormant a week later washed up connected nan seashore of Itaquitanduva Beach.

Police are now trying to found if their deaths were simply a tragic mishap aliases could person been prevented.

Commissioner Alfino explained: 'All this is being wished very calmly to reason if nan fatalities were based connected recklessness aliases negligence.'

Heartbreakingly mum-of-one Aline, who could not swim, had posted her past societal media images arsenic she posed connected nan vessel successful a bikini.

CrossFit trainer Beatriz had been a exemplary since she was a schoolgirl.

Local media named nan survivors arsenic Vanessa Audrey da Silva, Camila Alves de Carvalho, Daniel Goncalves Ferreira, Gabriela Santos Lima and Natan Cardoso Soares da Silva.

Vanessa later told section media that a group of friends and influencers had met up to statement connected a luxury yacht and spent nan time cruising and drinking.

They later divided into 2 groups to get backmost to statement but 1 was swamped by a activity connected nan return journey.

Vanessa said she had managed to scramble into a life overgarment and survived by clinging to rocks: 'There was a infinitesimal successful nan h2o erstwhile nary 1 could spot anyone. I was fighting for life.'

Another subsister Camila says she clutched a life overgarment successful her hands and clung connected for beloved life: 'There were very beardown waves, we almost died. We didn't cognize really to swim.

'I knew that I couldn't return it for long. I wounded my ft and swallowed a batch of water.

'We threw ourselves into nan rocks.'