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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Leanza Cornett, a woman who was raised in Jacksonville and crowned Miss America in 1993, has died after being hospitalized for a head injury. The news first broke on Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love, which is a social media page that was monitoring her condition after the injury. SueShortly thereafter, the Miss America Organization posted:According to Leanza Cornett’s Circle of Love, the former Miss America sustained a head injury on Oct. 12. After being crowned Miss America, she’s recognized as the first beauty queen to adopt AIDS awareness and prevention as her platform. Throughout her career, she served as a host for several television shows including Entertainment Tonight, as listed on her IMDB profile.