(skynews) The body of former catwalk star Katoucha Niane has been found under a bridge in the river Seine in Paris, police have confirmed. Katoucha disappeared in JanuaryDetectives said the woman - known as the Black Princess - died from drowning and there was no indication she had been attacked. According to a source close to the investigation, police believe her death was an accident. "She fell into the water and went straight to the bottom," the source said. The 47-year-old, who was originally from Guinea, went missing on January 31 after being dropped off from a party in Paris. Her bag was later found near her houseboat in the city centre, but it was weeks before her body was spotted in the river. The mother-of-three was one of the first black African models to become a global catwalk star in the 1980s.

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