Several former pageant queens have tragically died after winning their crowns.

Kseniya Alexandrova won Miss Universe Russia in 2017, eight years before she died following a fatal car accident at the age of 30.

“It is with deep sorrow that we announce that our colleague and friend, model Ksenia Alexandrova, passed away last night,” her modeling agency, Modus Vivendis, wrote in an August 2025 statement. “Ksenia was bright, talented and extraordinarily bright.”

One month after Alexandrova’s death, the beauty pageant community experienced another loss when Brazilian beauty queen Gabrielly Moreira died at 16 years old.

“Her presence was always synonymous with joy, charisma, and dedication, becoming a role model for the youth and the entire community,” the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Water Resources wrote via Instagram.

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