( CNN ) -- A week before her death , South African model Reeva Steenkamp talked about her secure , blissful environment . `` I woke up in a happy , safe home this morning , '' she tweeted . `` Not everyone did . '' Four days after she posted that message , neither did she . The 29-year-old model was shot dead by her boyfriend at his house in Pretoria . She died on Valentine 's Day last year . Read More : Who is `` Blade Runner '' Oscar Pistorius ?
The striking , platinum-haired model was gearing up for her reality television debut . `` What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow ? '' she tweeted day before death . Before she started dating Pistorius , Reeva Steenkamp was famous in her own right .