Miss Universe Jamaica 2011 Shakira Martin who was hospitalised and was on a life support machine in a Florida Hospital died on Tuesday night, August 2. The news about Shakira's condition was revealed by her mother Andrea Hall in a Facebook post late Tuesday evening. "As I sit here with my daughter Shakira Aminah on life support saying good bye with family and friends... sickle cell is no joke please learn about it.
Support someone. God bless you. Shakira Martin I love you eternally," she wrote. Shakira Martin, who was crowned Miss Universe Jamaica in 2011 was a long time sickle cell patient. Shakira had plans to increase awareness about the sickle cell disease by helping with research and promoting care options. She did her best to spread awareness about the sickle cell anaemia and told of her personal fight with the disease having been diagnosed at 3 months old.
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