Our own Kardashian: Who knew?

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May 4, 2023

Here at the Voice we cover all things Burlingame–the good, the bad and sometimes the sad. Yesterday's Daily Post front page article about the passing of a B'game woman who worked as a Kim Kardashian impersonator is in the sad category. The Post writes:

San Mateo County authorities are extraditing a Florida woman who is accused of injecting silicone into the rear end of Kim Kardashian lookalike from Burlingame who died. Christina Ashten Gourkani, 34, was a social media influencer and model who was best known for her work as a Kim Kardashian lookalike.

Vivian Gomez traveled to a Burlingame hotel and gave Gourkani "several injections" of what is believed to have been just silicone on April 19, according to DA Steve Wagstaffe. The coroner's office is still investigating Gourkani's death, Wagstaffe said. Shortly thereafter, Gourkani began having health issues, according to her family's GoFundMe, she died in the early hours of April 20 from a heart attack.

There are at least a few lessons in this sad tale. Most of them should be obvious.

Kardashian

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9 responses to “Our own Kardashian: Who knew?”

Trench Smithson

May 4, 2023

A natural beauty. Rest in peace.
hollyroller@ gmail.com

May 5, 2023

I do not know what to say.
Rowan Arrow

May 7, 2023

A sad tail, indeed.
hollyroller@ gmail.com

May 7, 2023

Any Doctor, Attorney, Family Members, that allowed this nice women to destroy herself may be guilty of a Horrible Crime. I hope everyone involved has a “Come to God Moment.”
God Bless Ms. Gomez.
resident

May 8, 2023

Gomez is the villain. Gourkani is the victim. Wake up.
Phinancier

May 10, 2023

We are nationally famous or is it infamous as with BALCO?
https://nypost.com/2023/05/10/woman-charged-with-killing-kim-k-lookalike-during-butt-lift/
BALCO 2.0

June 1, 2023

SAN MATEO COUNTY —The case of a Florida woman charged with involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license in the death of a South Bay model and Kardashian lookalike may hinge on what a still-pending coroner’s report says.
Geoffrey Carr, the defense attorney for Gomez, told the Bay Area News Group in a phone interview that his client was “instrumental” in getting emergency personnel to the hotel when Gourkani was experiencing medical issues. Carr said Gourkani initially refused to go to the hospital but her partner, Gomez and the emergency medical technicians eventually convinced her to go.
Carr claimed that Gourkani’s only symptoms upon arrival at the hospital were lightheadedness and disorientation, adding that she thought she was in San Francisco when she was indeed in Burlingame.
According to Carr, Gomez didn’t leave the scene until Gourkani was in the hospital, and that happened to be around the time when her condition deteriorated. He said hospital records showed that Gourkani was suffering from brain swelling at the time.
In a court appearance in Redwood City on Tuesday, Judge Lisa A. Novak denied a defense motion to reduce Gomez’s bail, which was set at $200,000. After testimony from Gomez’s son, the family’s bail money was deemed to be coming from a legitimate source and bail was posted shortly thereafter, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors say the court approved the bail on five conditions:
Gomez must surrender both her U.S. and Colombian passports to law enforcement; remain in California at all times; not perform any medical or cosmetic procedures; not possess any instruments intended for use in medical or cosmetic procedures; and waive her 4th Amendment rights and be subject to search and seizure by law enforcement.
Joe

July 7, 2025

The wheels of justice are moving slowly, but are finally coming around:
A new trial date has been set for Nov. 7 in the case against a woman accused of administering a fatal cosmetic procedure to a woman who was famous online for being a Kim Kardashian look-alike, San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Shin-Mee Chang said.
Vivian Gomez, 50, is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license resulting in death. Gomez didn’t take the DA’s Office’s plea deal offer of seven years in prison at maximum, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said previously.
Gomez allegedly flew in from Florida and performed an illegal gluteal silicone injection April 19, to Christina Gourkani, 34, who was a Kim Kardashian look-alike with an online following, at the Burlingame Marriott Hotel.
Joe

March 25, 2026

Those slow-moving wheels of justice have reached their destination per the DJ, the Merc and the new California Post.

A Florida resident has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license for administering a fatal cosmetic procedure to a woman who was famous online for being a Kim Kardashian lookalike, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.

Vivian Gomez, 50, was found guilty by a jury and now faces up to seven years in state prison, the DA’s Office said. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 5 and she has been remanded into custody.

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