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Tyra Spaulding, a former contestant in the 2023 Miss Universe Jamaica competition, died at the age of 26. Police are probing her death as a potential suicide. Therefore, the cause of her death is yet to be known.<\/p>\n Family members found her dead hanging from the drapes of her apartment on Tuesday morning, September 23, according to Caribbean National Weekly.<\/p>\n Accounting professional Spaulding has lately discussed her mental health issues in public.<\/p>\n Taking to social media, she disclosed that she was struggling with suicide thoughts. “I’m battling to survive… She said, “I\u2019m fighting for my life\u2026 my mind is trying to kill me,\u201d she stated. \u201cEvery day I get up, my mind tells me to go and jump off a building. It tells me to go and overdose on pills. It tells me to go and hang myself.\u201d She said that while she didn’t want to die, she had \u201cno idea\u201d where such ideas were coming from.<\/p>\n Also Read<\/strong>: Charlie Kirk’s scathing political attack on Taylor Swift resurfaces after his assassination; \u2018Your career has never\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Miss Universe Jamaica paid tribute to Spaulding by remembering her as \u201ca radiant soul\u201d whose “spirit touched every life she encountered.”<\/p>\n \u201cOur hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of the beautiful Tyra Spaulding. She was a radiant soul and an amazing human being,\u201d they captioned her picture posted on Instagram. \u201cHer light, grace, beauty and kind spirit touched every life she encountered, leaving memories that will never fade. She had a smile that lit up every room, bringing warmth and joy to all who had the privilege of knowing her.\u201d<\/p>\n Concluding the post, the organisation said they \u201ckeep Tyra\u2019s family, friends, and loved ones in our heartfelt prayers as we celebrate the beautiful life she shared with us.\u201d<\/p>\n Social media has been inundated with tributes from friends, fans, and other competitors, many of which emphasize her generosity and the influence she had off the pageant stage.<\/p>\n \u201cSo sad. May your soul rest beautiful \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is so heartbreaking \ud83d\udc94 \ud83d\udc90\ud83d\ude4f,\u201d another commented, while a third user said, \u201cCondolences to her loved ones and the MUJ franchise. My heart just broke when the news broke and so sad indeed with the emotions that she was dealing with \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udd4a\ud83d\udc90\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tyra Spaulding, a former contestant in the 2023 Miss Universe Jamaica competition, died at the age of 26. Police are probing her death as a potential suicide. Therefore, the cause of her death is yet to be known. Tyra Spaulding passes away at 26, Family members found her dead hanging from the drapes of her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[421,420,416,417,418,422,415,419,414],"class_list":{"0":"post-4336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beauty","8":"tag-chilling","9":"tag-death","10":"tag-dies","11":"tag-jamaican","12":"tag-pageant","13":"tag-post","14":"tag-spaulding","15":"tag-stars","16":"tag-tyra"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegloss.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tyra Spaulding spoke about her mental health<\/h2>\n
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