Former Miss Universe Chelsi Smith lost her year-long battle with liver cancer on Saturday. She was just 45 years old. Her family shared the tragic news of her passing in a statement on her website ...

Chelsi Smith died due to liver cancer on September 8 at the age of 45 in Los Angeles. Chelsi Smith won the Miss Texas USA pageant in 1995 and went on to win Miss USA and Miss Universe the same year.

Pageant coach J.J. Smith has met hundreds of women competitors over the years, but he'll never forget the first time he met Chelsi. "There was something immediately noticeable about her," he said.

Former Miss Universe Chelsi Smith passed away this weekend after suffering from liver cancer for just over a year. She was 45. The Texas native was best known for capturing the title of Miss Texas ...

Pageant queen Chelsi Smith, a former Miss Universe who was also the first bi-racial woman to snag the Miss Texas title, has died following a lengthy illness, her family confirmed. She was 45.

Friends of Chelsi Smith, a Deer Park native who had a historic run as Miss Texas, Miss USA and Miss Universe, remembered her Monday after word spread of her untimely death over the weekend.

Smith won the Miss Texas USA competition in 1995 and went on to become Miss USA and Miss Universe that same year, becoming one of the only bi-racial women to win the pageant world's triple crown ...

HOUSTON, Texas – Former Miss Universe and Miss USA Chelsi Smith died Saturday, according to WPIX. She was 45. She had been dealing with cancer, Miss New York USA 1995 Shanna Moakler said.

Smith won the Miss Texas USA competition in 1995 and went on to become Miss USA and Miss Universe that same year, becoming one of the only bi-racial women to win the pageant world's triple crown ...

She was 45. Former Miss USA and Miss Universe Chelsi Smith dies after battle with liver cancer She had been dealing with cancer, Miss New York USA 1995 Shanna Moakler said. “I am heartbroken.

Miss USA, Chelsi Smith is crowned the Miss Universe 1995 (PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/Getty Images) She had been dealing with cancer, Miss New York USA 1995 Shanna Moakler said. “I am heartbroken.