The Heartbreaking Reason Brynn Carnesecca's Legacy Lives On

A former pageant star tragically died by suicide Sunday — just weeks before she was scheduled to compete again.

Brynn Carnesecca, 21, “took her own precious life,” her heartbroken mother, Michele Carnesecca, told KSL at a somber, candlelight vigil in American Fork, Utah, where attendees wore yellow in her daughter’s memory on Tuesday evening.

“But she is more than what happened to her,” the mom said. “We would like to celebrate the amazing life she lived.”