Chelsi Smith

Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith August 23 1973 September 8 2018 was an American actress singer television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995 Smith was the third Miss USA of AfricanAmerican origin after Carole Gist 1990 and Kenya Moore 1993 in addition to being the sixth American woman to win Miss Universe and the first since Shawn Weatherly was crowned Miss Universe 1980 Smith was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2017 Growing increasingly weak throughout 2018 she traveled to her mothers home in Mifflin Pennsylvania and she died there at the age of 45 on September 8 2018