{"id":1945789,"date":"2025-08-07T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1945789"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:22:43","slug":"yanin-campos-former-masterchef-star-dies-in-devastating-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/yanin-campos-former-masterchef-star-dies-in-devastating-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanin Campos, former \u2018MasterChef\u2019 star, dies in devastating car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former \u201cMasterChef M\u00e9xico\u201d contestant and popular TikTok influencer died in a heartbreaking car crash when she slammed into a parked car over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Yanin Campos, 38, who placed sixth on the reality cooking show in 2018, was driving an SUV in her hometown of Chihuahua at 6:30 a.m. Saturday when she lost control and crashed, Mexican Secretariat of Public Security officials told local newspaper El Financiero.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"36757337\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36757337\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/yanin-campos-undated-photo-former-109285623.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yanin Campos, MasterChef Mexico contestant.\" class=\"wp-image-36757337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/yanin-campos-undated-photo-former-109285623.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1080w, 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590px\"\/><figcaption>Yanin Campos was killed in a car accident over the weekend in Chihuahua, Mexico. <span class=\"credit\">TV Azteca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"36757384\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.79980469;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36757384\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/yanin-campos-undated-instagram-photo-109285566.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"Yanin Campos in a black gown, posing in front of a MasterChef Mexico backdrop.\" class=\"wp-image-36757384\" 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/yanin-campos-undated-instagram-photo-109285566.jpg?resize=150,188&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\"\/><figcaption>Campos was featured on \u201cMasterChef M\u00e9xico\u201d show in 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@yanin_chefmx<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Campos was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she died two days later, according to authorities, who are investigating whether speeding played a role in the accident, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Campos\u2019s brother Ra\u00fal announced her untimely death in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTo family and friends. We inform and mourn the death of my sister Yanin Campos,\u201d he wrote, adding details about her wake.<\/p>\n<p>Yanin also appeared on MasterChef M\u00e9xico: La Revancha \u2014 meaning\u00a0 \u201cthe revenge\u201d \u2014 in 2019 before launching a career as a lifestyle-centric content creator with 100,000 followers on TikTok.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former \u201cMasterChef M\u00e9xico\u201d contestant and popular TikTok influencer died in a heartbreaking car crash when she slammed into a parked car over the weekend, authorities said Wednesday. 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