Super Sized Salon star Jamie Lopez has died at 37 after suffering from heart complications: ‘We have suffered an extraordinary loss’
- She was taken to a Las Vegas hospital amid health problems this weekend
- The series Super Sized Salon chronicled Lopez losing 400 pounds and designing her salon
- The salon said that ‘further details and arrangements will be announced soon’
Super Sized Salon star Jamie Lopez has died at 37 in Las Vegas after suffering from heart complications.
Insiders close to Lopez told TMZ that Lopez had been taken to a Las Vegas hospital this past weekend with complications to her heart.
‘We regretfully announce, with great pain, the passing of The Founder & Owner of Babydoll Beauty Couture, The Legendary Jamie Lopez,’ a BBC rep said in a statement. ‘We ask, on behalf of the Babydoll family, that you allow us time to process this tremendous loss.’
The latest: Super Sized Salon star Jamie Lopez has died at 37 in Las Vegas after suffering from heart complications
Super Sized Salon, which debuted on WE tv earlier this, chronicled Lopez losing 400 pounds – as she initially weighed 846 pounds – and designing her salon, the Las Vegas-based Babydoll Beauty Couture, from her home.
The series showed Lopez visiting the establishment for the first time, and she was about to begin production of the show’s second season.
The salon posted a statement in Lopez’s memory on its Instagram page Monday that read, ‘On behalf of the Babydoll Beauty Couture team, we regretfully announce, with great pain, the passing of The Founder & Owner of Babydoll Beauty Couture, The Legendary Jamie Lopez.’
It continued: ‘We ask, on behalf of the Babydoll family, that you allow us time to process this tremendous loss. Further details and arrangements will be announced soon.
The salon posted a statement in Lopez’s memory on its Instagram page Monday
Super Sized Salon, which debuted on WE tv earlier this, chronicled Lopez losing 400 pounds – as she initially weighed 846 pounds – and designing her salon, the Las Vegas-based Babydoll Beauty Couture, from her home
The series showed Lopez visiting the establishment for the first time, and she was about to begin production of the show’s second season
‘We have suffered an extraordinary loss and appreciate the time and space to grieve in peace. Please keep our Babydoll family & team lifted in your hearts and prayers.’
The salon thanked staffers and crew members from WE tv and Matador Content ‘for all their continuous support in this difficult time.’
Lopez told Yahoo Beauty in 2017 of her journey, ‘I started off as a makeup artist and was highly discriminated against for being a plus-size woman.’
‘I was inspired by there being no place I could get my nails or hair done in Vegas that would accommodate my needs as a plus-size woman, and I decided it was time to make some changes for the plus-size women of the world.’
Lopez said her personal experiences factored into her decision to open up a salon.
‘It makes me very upset to be mistreated because of my size, and not have a place where I can get beautiful,’ she said. ‘When women walk away from getting services done at my salon, I want them to feel beautiful, confident, and sexy.’
Lopez said that her past experiences being discriminated against for being a plus-size woman led her to open her salon
Lopez said in 2017 that she ‘decided it was time to make some changes for the plus-size women of the world’