Maclean's cover subject was slain soldier's favourite pinup

A report on the C News website says that the cover subject for a special university student issue of Maclean's was a favoured pinup for a soldier killed in Afghanistan yesterday (Wednesday).

Sgt Chris Karigiannis wrote what can only be called a fan letter to Maclean's saying that the picture of Kinga Ilyes, a 24-year-old student at the University of Western Ontario (though he didn't know her name at the time), took pride of place in a wall of pictures of women.“Some of the troops in Afghanistan think she is the hottest thing to look at here,” he wrote.

Just two weeks before he and two other soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb, Karigiannis received a letter from Ilyes: “I wish you safety and hope to see you home soon,” she said.

[Photo: Dave Thomas/Sun Media]