Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 finalist Zandrea Bailey passes away due to lupus

Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 finalist Zandrea Bailey has died after battling lupus for years. She was 29 years old. /Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 Kaci Fennell Instagram/

(Eagle News) — Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 finalist Zandrea Bailey has died after battling lupus for years.

Bailey, who had been diagnosed with the condition in 2012, passed away in a hospital in New York, where she had been staying.

She was 29 years old.

According to the Lupus Foundation of America, lupus is a “chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs).”

In lupus, the foundation said the body creates autoantibodies that “attack and destroy healthy tissue.”

Bailey’s mother reportedly also passed away due to lupus.

 

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