Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain living organisms. As humans, it is only natural to expect to live to a ripe old age before dying. However not all are lucky enough to attain old age before death comes. calling.
It might interest you to want to know how life ended for some key title holders in the beauty pageant field.
1. Miss Poland 1991/Miss International 1991 Agnieszka Kotlarska (1972 - 1996)
19-year-old Agnieszka Kotlarska, a model from Poland, born August 15, 1972, was crowned Miss International 1991 on October 13, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. Her death in the year 1996 shocked many; she was given a second chance at life after she backed out from boarding a plane that crashed and killed all its passengers. Unfortunately, two months later, she was stabbed to death by her stalker on August 27, 1996. The attack also injured her husband and her two-year-old daughter was a witness to the attack. She was first polish winner of the Miss International Beauty pageant in 1991.
2. Miss Hungary 1985 - Csilla Molnar (1969 - 1986)
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| Csilla Molnar - Photo Credit: Alchetron.com |
Crowned Miss Hungary in 1985, the 17-year-old, born on January 20, 1969, committed suicide on July 10, 1986 after complaining of harassment over winning the crown. Earlier in a radio interview, she said, "I don't know whether I can bear this, everybody is harassing me. They (people) ask: Where and from whom did you get those beautiful clothes? Who helped you: Do you or your father have special connections with the jury? And so on".
Molnar was found unconscious in her parents' home in the town of Fonyod on Lake Balaton and taken to Siofok Hospital but could not be revived. She died of an overdose of Lidocaine, a drug used as an anesthetic and to control irregular heartbeats.
3. Miss Sinaloa 2012 Maria Susana Flores Gamez (1992 - 2012)
Beauty queen Maria Susana Flores Gamez was crowned Miss Sinaloa, a state in Mexico in 2012. She was killed in northern Mexico during a running gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was travelling with. It was reported that her body was found lying near an assault rifle on a rural road in a mountainous area in the state of Sinaloa.
4. Fourth Runner-up Miss World Brazil 2006 Mariana Bridi Costa (1988 - 2009)
She was born on June 18, 1988 and began her career at the age of 14. She secured the fourth place in the Miss World Brazil beauty pageant and participated in the Miss Bikini International contest in the following year. In December 2008, Bridi was (initially) misdiagnosed with kidney infection and by early January 2009, medical reports confirmed a urinary tract infection that worsened to become septic. Sadly, the sepsis caused tissue necrosis in her feet and hands which were later amputated in an attempt to save her life. During her final surgery, a part of her stomach was also removed. She died on the morning of January 24, 2009.
5. Zambia's Rep to the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant Mofya Chisenga (1983 - 2011)
Mofya Chisenga represented Zambia at the 2006 Miss Universe Pageant, the Miss Tourism Queen International Pageant 2005 in China during which she came out the 4th Runner-up and also the Miss Leisure World 2008 Pageant in China. According to reports, she was admitted with malaria in pregnancy and later discharged. However, she was again brought in a critical condition on October 14, 2011. The model had been sick during her pregnancy according to reports; doctors said she had fluid in her lungs. She died on same night after delivering the baby, aged 28.
6. Miss India Universe 1997 Nafisa Joseph (1978 - 2004)
Nafisa Joseph, born on 28 March 1978, was an Indian model and MTV video jockey. She was crowned Miss India Universe 1997 at the age of 19 and was finalist in the Miss Universe 1997 pageant in Miami Beach. Nafisa Joseph hanged herself at her flat in Versova, Mumbai on July 29, 2004. Her parents told reporters the model ended her life after her wedding with businessman Gautam Khanduja was called off. Joseph discovered that Khanduja was still married although having told her that he was divorced. When confronted, Khanduja refused to answer questions about his marital life or produce divorce papers he claimed to have filed. Instead, reports have it that he then threatened her with blackmail, probably after she threatened to confront his wife.
7. Miss Mauritius 1994 Viveka Babajee (1973 - 2010)
Mauritian model and actress Viveka Babajee, born on 27 May 1973, was Miss Mauritius World 1993 and Miss Mauritius Universe 1994. The beauty queen was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her apartment at her Bandra residence in Mumbai. Police reports stated that acute depression led Viveka to kill herself. Months before committing suicide, she had reportedly told her mother over the phone, "I am going far away". However, the last entry in her diary which was found next to her body said, "You killed me, Gautam Vohra." Unconfirmed reports stated that she became depressed after separating from her boyfriend, Gautam Vora. However, in 2012, the case was re-opened after Gautam Vohra was arrested in connection with a murder case.
8. Miss Universe Venezuela 2005 Monica Spear (1984 -2014)
On January 6, 2014, Spear was in her native Venezuela on vacation with her ex-husband and their 5-year-old daughter. On a highway, in central Carabobo, when the three were inside their car waiting for assistance after the car had broken down, Spear and her ex-husband were killed during an attempted robbery and their daughter shot and wounded in the leg.
9. Miss World Honduras 2014 Maria Jose Alvarado (1995 - 2014)
Maria Jose Alvarado born on July 19, 1995 in Santa Barbara, Honduras, had been scheduled to compete at the Miss World 2014 contest in London in December 2014 but was murdered prior to the event. On the night of November 13, 2014, 19-year-old Maria Jose Alvarado and her elder sister, Sofia Trinidad Alvarado Munoz, 23, disappeared after leaving a party in Santa Barbara, Honduras. According to witnesses, she stepped into a car without license plates.
On November 19, the same day Maria Jose had been expected to travel to London, the sisters' bodies were found. They had both been shot and buried in a field near Cablotales. Plutarco Ruiz, Sofia Trinidad's boyfriend, as well as another man, Aris Maidonado, were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murder of the two. Ruiz confessed to the murders, stating he had shot Sofia Trinidad after an argument on the night of the party, then shot Maria Jose twice in the back as she tried to flee.
May their souls rest in peace.
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