Leanza Cornett, the American TV persona and former Miss America winner, has died at the age of forty nine after struggling a head harm beforehand this month.

The Miss America Organization and her former husband Mark Steines each demonstrated the demise in separate social media posts. Reports stated she suffered the head damage on October 12 and had been in clinic in Jacksonville since.

Leanza Cornett Dies From Head Injury: Miss America 1993 & Actress Was 49

Cornett gained the Miss America competition in 1993 after prevailing the Florida title the yr before. She used to be the first splendor queen in the function to undertake AIDS consciousness and prevention as her platform for her yr of service.

Her different appearing roles covered internet hosting tv indicates such as Entertainment Tonight and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?, whilst she regarded in episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Weeds. She additionally served as a reporter for Animal Planet’s insurance of the Eukanuba AKC National Dog Show packages and hosted On The Block on DIY Network.

On stage, her credit protected Barefoot In The Park, Godspell, and The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, whilst she additionally had been the first actress to play a live-action model of Ariel, the title personality from The Little Mermaid, at Walt Disney World Resort in 1991.

Cornett and Steines have been divorced in 2013 after 17 years of marriage, they had two sons, Kai Harper and Avery James.