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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 22

LaToya Malcolm Family Holds Funeral in Kingston 1 Month After Miss Universe Jamaica Finalist Died at 35

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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 22

LaToya Malcolm Family Holds Funeral in Kingston 1 Month After Miss Universe Jamaica Finalist Died at 35

Q: What led to the sudden passing of the 35-year-old pageant queen shortly after her emotional 2024 victory?

What led to LaToya Malcolm’s sudden death has not been publicly established. Reports from Miss Universe Jamaica, PEOPLE, Entertainment Tonight and other outlets all state that no cause of death had been disclosed by her family or organizers. What is clear is that Malcolm died on July 17 at age 35, only months after an emotionally significant 2024 pageant season in which she won Miss Jamaica Bikini International while grieving her father’s death. She had publicly dedicated that victory to him, saying the title was for her late father. Since no official medical, police, or family statement explaining her death has been released in the coverage provided, any claim about what specifically caused her passing would be unconfirmed. At this stage, the factual answer is that the cause of her sudden death remains unknown to the public.

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Aug. 22 marked LaToya Malcolm’s funeral service at 10 a.m. at Central Assemblies of God church in Kingston, about a month after her July 17 death at 35.
Miss Universe Jamaica announced her death on July 18, remembering Malcolm as a 2024 competition alumna; a family funeral flyer said she was “loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.”
Malcolm had also won the 2024 Miss Jamaica Bikini International title and was known in Jamaica as an actor, entertainer and dance instructor with more than a decade in the industry.
Gabrielle Henry, the current Miss Universe Jamaica titleholder, called Malcolm’s death “a great loss” to her family and the wider Jamaican community, underscoring the pageant world’s public mourning.