Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett Dies at 49

Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett Dies at 49
Cornett is the former Miss America who dies on October 28 after she sustained . Cornett, a Florida native, won Miss America in 1993. She was 21 years old when she won the competition. Cornett is survived by her two children, Kai Steines, 18, and Avery Steines, 16. Cornett was married to Mark Steines from 1995 until 2013.

Cornett’s dies was announced on the Facebook page for Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love. The post read, “I’m here to let you know Leanza passed this afternoon. She was so loved. I don’t feel like writing a lot right now; my heart is broken.” According to an earlier post on that page, Cornett suffered a on October 12. After receiving her , Cornett underwent emergency circumstances. The exact circumstances surrounding Cornett’s injuries were not immediately made public.

In addition to her Miss America victory, Cornett was also a reporter on Entertainment Tonight for a period in 1995. Cornett described herself on her Twitter page as a “Mother, daughter, Christian woman, Activist, Foodie, former Miss America, Patriotic American, world traveler, music lover.” At the time of her death, Cornett’s Twitter page has been set to private. According to Cornett’s LinkedIn page, she was the president of Cornett Entertainment. Cornett’s IMDb page details that in addition to her time on Entertainment Tonight appearances, Cornett made appearances in CSI, Saved by the Bell: The New Class and Weeds.

In April 2006, Cornett was named as part of the hall of fame of her alma-mater Terry Parker High School in Jacksonville, Florida, reported the Florida Times-Union at the time. Cornett was a native of Big Gap, Virginia, but grew up in the Jacksonville-area. In paying tribute to Cornett on Twitter, the former beauty pageant winner’s friend Kate Shindle wrote, “Heartbroken to hear about the loss of @LeanzaCornett. A trailblazer, an amazing talent, a human who fought for the world to be better and took the time to share what she had learned when I, too, aspired to use the @MissAmerica title in the battle against HIV/AIDS. #RIP, my friend.” Cornett’s death was noted on the Facebook page for the Miss America Organization. The tribute read in part, “Leanza had a bright and beautiful spirit and her laugh was infectious. We know she meant so much to so many, including all of you.”

Prior to her Miss America victory in 1993, Cornett was named as Miss National Sweetheart in 1991. An undated online profile on Cornett says that she began competing in beauty pageants as a means to earn scholarship money for college.

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