Back in April, Brazilian influencer Ravena Hanniely learned the hard way that chasing the perfect shot can come with real consequences. She posed in a pale blue bikini and white beanie on a snowy mountainside in Spain, temperatures hitting minus ten Celsius. The photos went viral. The aftermath was less glamorous: frostbite on her backside and a trip to the emergency room.
At the time, Hanniely admitted she had been inspired by other influencers pulling off the same “icy bikini” stunt. But her body didn’t cooperate. “My butt was completely numb and I couldn’t even sit,” she told Jam Press. Doctors diagnosed frostbite and warned her she had risked localized hypothermia. She described the shoot as “memorable, yes—but very dangerous.”
Months later, looking back, the incident feels like one of those internet-age cautionary tales: a moment when ambition, aesthetics, and Instagram’s demand for the extraordinary pushed too far. Yet since April, Hanniely has filled her feed with something warmer—sun-drenched escapes, swimsuits by the water, the safer side of spectacle. The snow shots may have landed her in the hospital, but they also sharpened her sense of risk. Her grid now leans tropical, and her followers seem just as engaged.
The frostbite episode will likely remain one of those viral footnotes in her career—an icy stunt turned teachable moment. In the heat of Instagram’s endless scroll, Ravena Hanniely has already moved on to sunnier scenes.
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Last modified: September 19, 2025
