Pageant Beauty Queen Brynn Carnesecca, 21, Dies by Suicide Weeks Before She Was Set to Compete

Utah beauty queen Brynn Carnesecca died by suicide at age 21 mere weeks before she was scheduled to compete in her next pageant.

“She took her own precious life, but she is more than what happened to her,” Brynn’s mother, Michele Carnesecca, told mourners at a candlelight vigil on Tuesday, July 28, per KSL News. “We would like to celebrate the amazing life she lived.”

Many of Brynn’s friends and family gathered at the vigil in American Fork, Utah, to celebrate the life and immense legacy of the pageant competitor.

“Oh, how she loved to laugh,” Michele told the local outlet. “What sets Brynn apart is that her...