Former Miss Teen Universe, 27, Found Dead From Gunshot Wound
27-year-old Carolina Flores Gomez, a former beauty queen, was found dead on April 15. According to Reporte Indigo, she was discovered at her home in the Miguel Hidalgo district of Mexico City with a gunshot wound to the head.
"Authorities believe she was killed a day before her body was discovered, leading to suspicions about why her husband, Alejandro Gomez, took so long to call emergency services," Us Weekly reported.
The police believe that Alejandro and his mother, Erika Maria, were home at the time that the incident occurred. The report stated that Maria is currently the prime suspect in the apparent homicide.
Us Weekly also reported, "Building staff did not report hearing gunshots or witnessing any unusual activity at the apartment complex prior to the beauty queen's untimely death. Forensic teams have reportedly searched the apartment for evidence."
The Mexico City prosecutor's office stated that an official investigation into her death has been launched.
"No crime against a woman should go unpunished," Marina del Pilar Avila, the governor of Mexico's Baja California state, told reporters. "Our thoughts are with her family during this devastating time."
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Carolina, who was a model and influencer, won Miss Teen Universe for Baja California in 2017. She also earned several local titles in Ensenada, her hometown, which is a port city located on the Pacific coast.
Miss Teen Universe is a global TV pageant that is meant to empower future queens. Their official site describes the competition as "the highest youth beauty contest in the world; and a global entertainment platform, with a staff of great professionals in the industry of beauty contests and international television. We have our own resources and with allied agencies from the world of fashion, advertising, television, film and digital media, to develop micro and macro events of high global impact in all areas."
Unfortunately, Carolina is not the only pageant queen who has died in the recent months. Raquel Escalante, the woman who was named Miss Intercontinental Guatemala in 2021, died after a battle with cervical cancer in late 2025. Tyra Spaulding, who won Miss Universe Jamaica, died in September 2025 from a suspected suicide.
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This story was originally published April 23, 2026 at 8:10 AM.