New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- The death of Tyra Spaulding, a former contestant in the 2023 Miss Universe Jamaica competition, has sent shockwaves through the Caribbean and beyond.

The 26-year-old accounting professional was found dead in her apartment on the morning of Tuesday, 23 September, according to Caribbean National Weekly. Police are treating the case as a potential suicide, although an official cause of death has yet to be confirmed.

In her final online messages, Spaulding spoke candidly about battling suicidal thoughts. "I'm fighting for my life. my mind is trying to kill me," she wrote. "Every day I get up, my mind tells me to go and jump off a building. It tells me to go and overdose on pills. It tells me to go and hang myself." Sh...