Nude Australian model and actress Annalise Braakensiek (R.I.P.)

Annalise Braakensiek (/ˈbrækənsɪk/ BRAK-ən-sik; 9 December 1972 – 6 January 2019) was an Australian model, actress, TV presenter, business woman and campaign ambassador. Braakensiek had a successful career as a model, with some acting work, for over twenty-five years. She told the Daily Telegraph in 2017 that she had never really wanted to be a model. She said that she had deferred her university studies, thinking she would do modelling for a year, but was still doing it 25 years later. She also worked as a jewelry and lingerie designer, and was a vegan blogger as well as creating the catering company Love Lunch. Braakensiek graced the covers and pages of magazines including FHM, Maxim and GQ. Sadly, Braakensiek was found dead in her Potts Point apartment, which she had bought in 2018, on 6 January 2019, aged 46, after friends and family had not heard from her for several days. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances, and friends speculate that she may have taken an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets. They painted a picture of an active woman who was excited about future activities and showed no signs of depression.