Photos: WANTED: Doctor who 'killed' Ecuadorian beauty queen during liposcution

According to MailOnline, Police are hunting a doctor accused of 'killing' an Ecuadorian beauty queen who had no interest in plastic surgery but whose family claims she was pestered into going under the knife.

The family of 19-year-old Catherine Cando, who dreamed of becoming a doctor and was crowned queen of the city of Durán in October, today demanded answers from the medic who they claim pestered her into undergoing liposuction as a prize for winning the contest.

Catherine, who was a healthy weight and never wanted surgery, died during the procedure despite saying in an interview shortly after the contest: 'I don't want to do it. I don't need it.'

'She never had weight problems,' Catherine's brother, Daniel Zavala told MailOnline. 'But this doctor called lots of times. He insisted.'

Today they released heartbreaking pictures of Catherine as a little girl to help warn against the dangers of cosmetic surgery. It comes as police hunt doctor accused of 'pestering' her into undergoing liposuction.

Catherine was said to be at ease with her figure and had no interest in surgical enhancement.

The procedure was not an official prize - a tablet computer and a new car were sponsored by the government - but Dr Gustavo Berh, who served on the beauty pageant's judging panel, offered free liposuction for the winner.

Ecuadorian media reported the doctor wanted to use the image of the Queen of Durán in publicity shots for his medical practice.

'It was a marketing strategy by the surgeon, Gustavo Berh,' a statement released by Durán city government a day after her funeral stated.

The beauty queen initially said she would donate the prize to someone more in need of plastic surgery, but Dr Berh said it was non-transferable.

As well as the phone calls to Catherine, a pre-med university student, Dr Berh invited her to watch several operations and hinted she could become his assistant, according to her mother Betsabe Cornejo. 

He finally convinced her by promising to reduce her waistline from 60cm to 57cm which might help the beauty queen win future contests.

On Saturday morning, Catherine entered a clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city, for what was supposed to be a two-hour operation. 

According to health officials, she died at about 6pm of cerebral edema - the accumulation of fluid in the brain.