Mirjana Puhar: Tyra Banks leads tributes to murdered America's Next Top Model star
The 19-year-old model was found in a home in North Carolina
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Your support makes all the difference.Supermodel and America's Next Top Model host Tyra Banks has led the tributes to model contestant Mirjana Puhar.
The 19 year old was found dead at a home in North Carolina alongside two other victims, named as boyfriend Jonathan Cosme Alvarado, 23, and their friend Jusmar Isiah Gonzaga-Garcia, 21. They had all been shot.
"We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic news about Mirjana Puhar. She was a vivacious and promising young woman. Our hearts and prayers go out to her loved ones," the show's executive producers Banks and Ken Mok said in a joint statement.
Banks added her personal condolences on Twitter.
J Alexander, also a judge on the modelling reality show, tweeted her sorrow.
Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez, 19, has been charged with killing Puhar and her friends. He is facing three counts of first-degree murder.