Joanne Borgella was
an American singer and model. She was signed to Wilhelmina Models in New York City , Miami
and LA. In 2005 She was the first winner of Mo'Nique's Fat Chance pageant as
"Miss F.A.T.In the seventh season she was a top 24 contestant on of
American Idol in 2008. Borgella died October 18, 2014, due to a exceptional
form of endometrial cancer that had spread to her brain.
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life history:
Borgella, of Haitian descent, was originally from Oyster Bay
Cove, Long Island , New York Union
School in Haiti where her father, Dr. Joel
Borgella, ran for President in the 2006 presidential elections at the age of
13. Her father is the founder of Radio Tropicale, which is the first
international Haitian radio station. Borgella went on to attend private school
at the Academy of St. Joseph 's in Long Island
for her last two years of high school and graduated in 2000. Her mother's name
is Danielle Ford.
She began singing at 3 and performing at 13 working in Bugga
Basements with Wyclef Jean.
She auditioned for the talent search reality television show
American Idol in 2008 . After successfully completing "Hollywood
week", she was chosen to be one of the top 12 girls and overall top 24
final contestants for the seventh season. Her musical influences were Whitney
Houston, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Alanis Morissette and Andrea Bocelli.
Borgella was eliminated on February 21, 2008.
In season one She was
"Miss F.A.T." 2005, and the winner of Oxygen network's number one
show Mo'Nique's Fat Chance. Borgella was represented by Wilhelmina Models 10/20
division in New York and Miami . She had been the face of Torrid,
Wal-Mart ,Ashley Stewart, and Kohls department store and appeared
advertisements featured in Seventeen, Essence and InStyle, among others.
disease and death :
Borgella shared a video alerting her fans that she had been
diagnosed with cancer in October 2013. Borgella continued to update those
following her journey through a series of videos. "It's a rare case
because it's spread to my chest," Borgella shared during her first
video.God is with me and I feel his presence every day. I just wanted to share
this information with everyone to let them know what I'm going through and I'm
going to update everyone every week as much as I can.
Borgella shared that she was suffering through very painful
headaches and, upon going to the emergency room to discover what was going on,
she found out that the cancer spread to her brain. Borgella died on October 18,
2014 at 5:45 a.m whenShe was 32.
AT A GLANCE:
Joanne Borgella
Occupations: Singer,
Vocalist, Model
Born: May 29, 1982
Origin Oyster Bay Cove , New York ,
United States
Died: October 18,
2014
Years active: 2008–2014