Managua: Former Miss World
contestant from Nicaragua, Yamura Lopez, has died at the age of just 22 after
losing her battle with cancer.
Yumara represented Nicaragua in the
international competition in 2014 when it was held in London. She had been
diagnosed with a grade 2 astrocytoma, cancer of the brain, months earlier.
Since then she had been battling
against the invasive disease, but sadly after almost two years, she died
yesterday at the Alejandro Davila Bolanos Military Hospital in the Nicaraguan
capital of Managua. In 2014, Yumara was elected Miss World Nicaragua 2014,
after the young woman who originally won the contest, Maria Esther Cortes
Molina, renounced her crown.
Despite her illness, the beauty queen
travelled to London to compete with contestants from 121 countries.
The director of Miss World Nicaragua
and her representative, Denis Davila, lamented her death, describing her as a “fighter”.
Brave Yumara lost her battle at the
Alejandro Davila Bolanos Military Hospital in Managua, the country’s capital.
Condolences have begun to pour in on
social media from friends and admirers.
Fellow Nicaragua beauty queen
Nastassja Bolivar expressed her shock and sadness at her death on social media.
She said: “Today, our Nicaragua lost a queen, but heaven gained an angel. We’ll
always remember your smile and the courage in your battle. Rest in peace our
beautiful queen, Yumara López.”
User Joel Castillo wrote: “What
sadness, you were one of the most beautiful people I have known and not for
your appearance but because of your personality and character, thank you for
the affection you’ve always shown me. A big hug until the sky.”
Lopez is the second Miss World 2014
contestant to perish after Miss Honduras, Maria Jose Alvarado died days before
the event took place. She and her sister were found murdered in her country, a
couple of weeks before the actual event.
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