
Reeva Steenkamp (19 August 1983 – 14 February 2014) was a South African model. On 14 February 2013, she was shot dead by Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. Steenkamp was born in Cape Town, to parents Barry Steenkamp, a horse trainer, and his second wife June.Her father had an older son Adam, her half-brother. The family later moved to Port Elizabeth,where she attended St Dominic's Priory School. After school she studied law at the University of Port Elizabeth which became a part of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 2005. After university Steenkamp worked as a paralegal and as a model. She applied to the bar in late 2011,and hoped to be a qualified legal advocate by the age of 30.