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Model and Miss California Andrea Andrade Dies at 35 - What Was the Cause of Death?

Andrea Andrade defied a two-year prognosis after her 2017 stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis, winning five pageant titles and co-founding a charity supporting children with cancer.

  • On January 16, Andrea Andrade, a California model and beauty pageant titleholder, died at 35, her husband Chris Wilson confirmed in a social-media tribute.
  • She was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer and doctors initially gave a prognosis of months to a couple of years, yet Andrade lived nearly a decade after her diagnosis.
  • After her diagnosis Andrea Andrade won five beauty pageants and competed during intensive chemotherapy with a chemo port, also building a career in television commercials.
  • Her husband, Chris Wilson, shared an obituary inviting the public to a February 4 funeral at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Reedley, California, and a private service on February 5, while tributes poured in on Instagram.
  • Andrade co-founded Not All Heroes Wear Capes, a charity supporting hospitalized children undergoing chemotherapy, and her openness inspired the U.S. modeling and pageant community.
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Andrea Andrade, a renowned beauty queen of California, died at age 35 after battling colon cancer. The news caused deep shock among those who followed her story and admired her for her courage and perseverance. She had been diagnosed with the disease when she was 26 years old and, although the doctors had anticipated a limited life expectancy, she managed to prolong her struggle for almost a decade and became a referent to help others with her s…

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Andrea Andrade, model and miss, has died at age 35 after nine years of colon cancer, a time when she showed on her social networks how her illness was and showed that she never stopped making normal life and being positive.The advertising actress, also born in California (United States), was a regular beauty contest, as she won Miss West Coast, Miss Our Beauty USA, Miss Fresno County, Miss Regional West and Miss California Congeniality.

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Andrea Andrade, who won several beauty contests in the United States, died in January nine years after being diagnosed with colon cancer.

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The doctors gave her a maximum of two years. Andrea Andrade lived on, won five beauty competitions and brought the smile back to children's cancer stations as a superhero. Now the Californian died at the age of 35.

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