{"id":12375,"date":"2026-07-21T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12375"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T03:10:05","slug":"pageant-queens-who-have-died-latoya-malcolm-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12375","title":{"rendered":"Pageant Queens Who Have Died: LaToya Malcolm and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-current\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Several former pageant queens have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/most-shocking-celebrity-deaths-of-all-time\/\">tragically died<\/a> after winning their crowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/4-things-to-know-about-kseniya-alexandrova-russian-pageant-queen\/\"><strong>Kseniya Alexandrova<\/strong> <\/a>won Miss Universe Russia in 2017, eight years before she died following a fatal car accident at the age of 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt is with deep sorrow that we announce that our colleague and friend, model Ksenia Alexandrova, passed away last night,\u201d her modeling agency, Modus Vivendis, wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/russian-beauty-queen-kseniya-alexandrova-dead-4-months-after-wedding\/\">an August 2025 statement<\/a>. \u201cKsenia was bright, talented and extraordinarily bright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One month after Alexandrova\u2019s death, the beauty pageant community experienced another loss when Jamaican beauty queen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/miss-universe-jamaicas-tyra-spaulding-dies-after-apparent-suicide-at-26\/\"><strong>Tyra Spaulding<\/strong> died at 26 years old<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe was a radiant soul and an amazing human being. Her light, grace, beauty and kind spirit touched every life she encountered, leaving memories that will never fade,\u201d the Miss Universe Jamaica organization said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Former Mexican beauty queen <strong>Carolina Flores Gomez<\/strong> was found shot to death in her apartment in April 2026. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Months later, the Miss Jamaica pageant announced that former finalist<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/miss-universe-jamaica-finalist-latoya-malcolm-dead-at-35\/\"><strong> LaToya Malcolm<\/strong> died<\/a> in July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Keep scrolling to read more pageant stars\u2019 tragedies:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several former pageant queens have tragically died after winning their crowns. 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