{"id":813883,"date":"2026-07-21T07:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813883\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:24:12","slug":"latoya-malcolm-former-miss-universe-jamaica-contestant-and-actress-dies-aged-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/813883\/","title":{"rendered":"LaToya Malcolm: Former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant and actress dies aged 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant LaToya Malcolm has died aged 35.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The organisation confirmed the passing of Malcolm on July 18, with a cause of death not stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Malcolm was a finalist in the 2024 Miss Universe Jamaica pageant, and had enjoyed a career in the entertainment industry as an actor, model, TV host and dancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIn Loving Memory of LaToya Malcolm\ud83e\udd0d We mourn the passing of MUJ alumna LaToya Malcolm, who proudly competed in the 2024 Miss Universe Jamaica Competition,\u201d Miss Universe Jamaica wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and loved ones. Rest peacefully, LaToya. You will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The year of 2024 was particularly kind to Malcolm, claiming the Miss Bikini Jamaica International crown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">At the time, she dedicated the win to her late father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMy beloved father, Mr. Malcolm, this win was for you. Your one and only daughter continues to make you proud. I know you\u2019re smiling down on me from heaven,\u201d she wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/775d1bf7cf00fd369bf32697548bbdbc894d6afa.jpg\" alt=\"LaToya Malcolm earlier this year, left.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconLaToya Malcolm earlier this year, left. Credit: LaToya Malcolm\/IG\/IG<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Malcolm competed in the 2026 edition of the event in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Just two weeks prior to her death, the dancer appeared on Jamaican TV to teach presenters and viewers some of her moves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Fans and friends of the beauty expressed their shock and sadness over her premature death, offering tributes to the \u201cvery vibrant and kind young lady\u201d they knew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Miss Universe Jamaica contestant LaToya Malcolm has died aged 35. The organisation confirmed the passing of Malcolm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,1626,134,995,1625],"class_list":["post-813883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beauty-style","tag-entertainment","tag-influencers","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}