Reports have confirmed that former beauty queen and second princess of the 1991 Miss South Africa pageant, Sasha-Lee Walton, has sadly passed away.
Reports by Netwerk24 confirmed that the former Miss South Africa contestant who lived in Cape Town took her own life on Tuesday, at the age of 54.
Sasha-Lee was named second princess – runner-up to Amy Kleynhans, who was first princess – in Miss South Africa’s 1991 pageant. She was previously married to two former Springbok rugby players, James Dalton, and Lance Sherrel.
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Sasha-Lee and James Dalton, during their marriage, welcomed their son, Daniel, who is now 14. Taking to Instagram to mourn the great loss, Dalton wrote:
“RIP-You are now at Peace and Free….. enjoy Heaven…sure Lynn (Mom) will be at peace too with you now in Heaven together.I am so 😭.This world makes us bitter,I forgive you,hope you can forgive me too. Long live our memories together and the day Daniel was born. Love your Bully xoxo”
According to reports by The Citizen, Walton lost her mother, Lynn, to cancer in 2017. Subsequently, the beauty queen shared that her mother’s death had hit her hard, in a post on social media.
Dalton later shared a poem, Love Comes First by Donna Ashworth, in tribute to the late mother of his child.
“You don’t move on after loss, but you must move with. You must shake hands with grief, welcome her in, for she lives with you now. Pull her a chair at the table and offer her comfort. She is not the monster you first thought her to be. She is love. And she will walk with you now, stay with you now, peacefully. If you let her. And on the days when your anger is high, remember why she came, remember who she represents. Remember. Grief came to you my friend because love came first. Love came first.”
Our condolences to Sasha-Lee’s loved ones during this difficult time.
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