(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 .