Four days before her murder, Diana Gabrielle O'Brien went to the trendy dessert and cocktail lounge Sugar in the Xintiandi entertainment district to mix with other models in Shanghai on short-term contracts.
The DJ at Sugar, who was known in the circle, invited the models who flocked to the lounge for the free drinks, white sofas and extravagant desserts. O'Brien, 22, had a sweet tooth - especially for apple pie, which she liked to bake herself - but it never seemed to affect her stick-thin figure.