“ She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever met in my life. » It is with these words that Carla Romerocurrent Miss Uruguay, wanted to pay homage to Sherika de Armas. The latter, winner of the competition in 2015 and candidate for Miss World the same year, died this Friday 23 October at the age of 26 years. She had been battling cervical cancer for more than two years.
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During her participation in Miss World in 2015, Sherika De Armas failed to enter the top 30 of the competition. But at the time, at 18, the young girl was already revealing her passion for fashion and beauty pageants. She also worked as a volunteer in numerous associations such as the Pérez Scremini Foundation, which works for the healing of the sick childhood tumors.
A shower of tributes was paid to him. Starting with his brother Mayk’De Armas he who announced his death on social media: “ Fly high, little sister. Forever “.
Lola de los SantosMiss Uruguay 2021, also paid tribute to her colleague: “ I will always remember you, not only for all the support you gave me (…) but also for your love, your joy, the friends we shared and who are still by my side today “he declared in the Spanish edition of the newspaper 20 minutes.
Recall that cervical cancer, known as papillomavirus, is the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. 342,000 died in 2020.
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