Tara Faris

Tara Fares (; 10 January 1996 – 27 September 2018) was an Iraqi model, beauty blogger and Instagram star. She recounted years after getting pregnant at age 17 of her forced marriage. Her pregnancy was concealed by her parents who then found another family for her. and went on to compete in the Miss Iraq competition, where she was a runner-up.

Fares had a large following on social media site Instagram, with 2.7 million followers at the time of her death.

In July 2018, Fares said in a post on Instagram, "It does not frighten me that there are those who reject the existence of God. What really frightens me is there are those who kill and slaughter to prove the existence of God." After her death this post was widely shared by her followers.

Death On 27 September 2018, she was shot three times by an unknown gunman in Baghdad while driving her Porsche Boxster convertible. She was taken to hospital, where she died. However, the names of any suspects had still not been released as of October 2020.