DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Last year, Carrie Everett, 21, needed your support as she competed for and won the Miss North Carolina 2024 crown . She needs it again .

That's because Everett has gone from being crowned to losing her natural crown to cancer.

"I initially knew something was wrong. I don't get very sick very often," she tells ABC11.

She and her mother spoke with ABC11 News virtually from their home in Auburn, Washington. Everett handed over the Miss North Carolina crown in June of this year.

One month later, she was on a journey she didn't see coming.

"I started to experience bloating almost instantly. I was coughing. I went to the doctor, and they said I had pneumonia. They initially said there was nothing wrong with my stomach," she said.

I knew my life was going to

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