With heavy hearts, we announce the tragic passing of this American beauty queen. How she died breaks our hearts Check comments

She never stopped fighting. Not once.

California beauty queen Andrea Andrade has died, nine years after she was first diagnosed with colon cancer. Her husband announced her passing with a simple, devastating message that captured the depth of their bond: “My eternal love. I know this isn’t goodbye.”

Andrea passed away on January 16 after a long, grueling battle with a disease that has been quietly taking more young lives than many people realize. While overall cancer death rates among Americans under 50 are declining, colorectal cancer continues to rise in that same age group—a statistic that feels abstract until it has a face, a name, a family.

Andrea was diagnosed in 2017 with stage III colon cancer. Doctors told her she might have six months to two years to live. She gave them nine.

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