Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Sherika De Armas, who represented Uruguay in the Miss World 2015 pageant, has reportedly died at the age of 26. Local media reported that she breathed her last last week, after a two-year battle with cervical cancer.
Launch New York Post, Monday (10/16/2023), friends and family also paid a moving tribute to the beauty queen. “Fly high, brother. Forever and ever,” said his brother, Mayk’ De Armas, on social networks.
Miss Uruguay 2022, Carla Romero, mourned the passing of De Armas, calling him “too evolved for this world.” “One of the most beautiful women I have ever met in my life“, he praised. Anto Ciavaglia, a close friend, wrote: “I remember you with this beautiful glow“.
De Armas did not make the top 30 at the 2015 Miss World pageant in Sanya, China. However, he was one of six 18-year-olds competing. At that time, one of the media praised her for her “beautiful face, imposing height and charismatic personality.”
The publication also called him “one of Uruguay’s promising young talents.” “I always wanted to be a model, whether it was a beauty model, an advertising model or a fashion model podiums” he said in an interview with NetUruguayaccording to Univision.
“I love everything related to fashion and I think that in beauty pageants, every woman’s dream is to have the opportunity to participate in Miss Universe. I am very happy to be able to live this stimulating experience” , added the beauty queen.