A former Miss America contestant died today, Monday, a week after she lost control of her car and spun off a New Jersey highway crashing into trees.
Cara McCollum passed away at Cooper University Hospital, according to Frank DiMauro, chief operating officer of the TV station where she worked, and a Facebook message posted by her family.
Her family said in the Facebook post that the 24-year-old from Margate died with her family by her side in an operating room, and that her organs were donated.
“We’ve prayed constantly for a miracle, and we believe God has answered our prayers. Although it’s not the miracle that we first envisioned, it’s a miracle nonetheless,” the family said. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. … We all will miss her now that she’s gone.”
Her family also posted a video of McCollum performing a version of “Cups” by Anna Kendrick in the film “Pitch Perfect.”
The song includes the lyrics “you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone” and was performed by Miss New York Kira Kazantsev when she won the Miss America Pageant in September 2014. McCollum competed in the 2015 Miss America pageant after winning the 2013 Miss New Jersey title.
Source; New York Post
