‘Face Off’ Actuality Present Contestant, Make-up/FX Artist Was 33 – Deadline

Laney Chantal, who appeared on Season 5 of SyFY’s Face Off, died this week of an unintended drug overdose, her household stated. She was 33.

Chantal died Monday in Milford, Michigan, her household confirmed in a public obituary. They famous that she “struggled with varied psychological diseases all through her grownup life.”

Born Alaina Chantal Parkhurst, Chantal joined Face Off in 2013 for its fifth season. Nonetheless, she later voluntarily withdrew from the present, incomes its fifth-place spot.

Regardless of the withdrawal, Chantal continued working in make-up, serving to Bella Thorne and Marilyn Manson with their appears to be like, amongst others. She created the “Head FX Make-up” for rapper Lil Nas X for his video “Montero (Name Me By Your Identify)” in 2021. That clip gained the Video of the 12 months award at MTV’s VMAs.

The household indicated Chantal moved from Michigan to Los Angeles after graduating highschool in 2007 to attend the Cinema Make-up Faculty. There she earned a certificates in particular results make-up.

“Alaina put her entire self; physique, thoughts and soul into her jobs, regardless of the scale,” her obituary stated. “Her inventive skill and visions shortly set her aside from different artists in her subject and her portfolio blossomed.”

The household attributed her dying to “an unintended drug overdose.”

The household requested for donations to be made to The Mind & Conduct Analysis Basis in reminiscence of Chantal.