Bursting with vitality and passion, Masa Vukotic was one of a kind with a smile like 100 fireworks.
She was outgoing, loved fashion, costumes and dreamed of becoming lawyer.
One day she would marry a prince and become a princess, she told her friends.
To her grieving sister, Nadja, she already was one.
Nadja and her brother Petar led Masa's white coffin into a Springvale chapel on Thursday to celebrate the life of the murdered Melbourne teen.
And there was plenty to celebrate, Nadja said.
"Masa was beautiful on the inside and she was also beautiful on the outside," Nadja said.
"I am honoured to be her little sister."
The 17-year-old was fatally stabbed in a random attack in a Doncaster park last week.
Her father, Slavoljub Vukotic, said he tried to be brave and courageous like Masa, but her death was unbearable.
Mr Vukotic clutched his wife Natasa's hand as she spoke of her unconditional love for her murdered child.
"I believe someday, somewhere you'll wait for me with open arms and you'll say `come here mum', just like you always have," she said.
"Until then I will always think pink."
Pink was Masa's favourite colour.
From the pink flowers on her coffin, to the pink worn by hundreds in and outside Springvale Botanical Cemetery's Boyd Chapel, and the song Primadonna that played during a video tribute, there were touches of the things Masa loved.
Her best friend Madison Stone said Masa had a special talent for taking selfies and had a need to delete Instagram followers who didn't like her three most recent posts.
But she wasn't fake or shallow. She wanted to be remembered.
"Don't you worry, for everyone in this world knows your name (and) feels your pain," Madison said.
Classmates from Canterbury Girls Secondary College formed a guard of honour as their friend was carried from the chapel for a burial service.
Another gathering for Masa, titled Princess Marci's Royal Parade, will be held in Victoria Gardens on Saturday.
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