Venezuelan Beauty Queen Eva Ekvall Dies of Cancer at 28

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Venezuelan beauty queen Eva Ekvall died this week at age 28 after a two-year battle with breast cancer.

Ekvall, who was crowned Miss Venezuela at age 17 in 2000, died Saturday to the dismay of thousands of Venezuelans who watched closely her fight against the illness, including a brief remission last year.

Diagnosed just six months after giving birth to her first child, a girl, Ekvall immediately became an outspoken proponent of cancer prevention and shared much of her battle with the illness publicly, according to El Nacional, a Venezuelan newspaper.

In 2010, Ekvall published a book, “Out of Focus,” about her struggle through treatment, which included photographs of her with her head shaved while going through chemotherapy.