CNN —
Jamie Lopez, whose Babydoll Beauty Salon was featured successful the WeTV world series, “Super Sized Salon,” has died, her colleagues and the web announced successful respective statements.
She was 37.
Lopez’s institution released a connection connected societal media astir her passing.
“On behalf of the Babydoll Beauty Couture team, we regretfully announce, with large pain, the passing of The Founder & Owner of Babydoll Beauty Couture, The Legendary Jamie Lopez,” the connection read. “We ask, connected behalf of the Babydoll family, that you let america clip to process this tremendous loss. Further details and arrangements volition beryllium announced soon.”
No accusation astir a imaginable origin of decease was shared..
Billed arsenic “the world’s archetypal plus-size salon,” Babydoll Beauty Couture was the mounting for “Super Sized Salon,” which premiered successful July.
WeTV besides posted connected societal media astir the nonaccomplishment of Lopez.
“We are saddened to perceive the quality of the abrupt passing of Jamie Lopez,” the network’s connection read. “Jamie’s passionateness to make a harmless and welcoming situation for each women astatine Babydoll Beauty Couture volition ne'er beryllium forgotten. Our thoughts and condolences are with her household and friends during this hard time.”
Lopez started her institution aft experiencing favoritism arsenic a plus-sized pistillate successful the quality industry.
The WeTV bid featured Lopez talking astir her value struggle, including learning to locomotion again aft shedding 400 pounds. She shared that astatine 1 constituent she had weighed 846 pounds.
“I was inspired by determination being nary spot I could get my nails oregon hairsbreadth done successful Vegas that would accommodate my needs arsenic a plus-size woman, and I decided it was clip to marque immoderate changes for the plus-size women of the world,” Lopez told Yahoo successful 2017.
CNN has reached retired to representatives for Lopez for further comment.