'If it’s my time to go, then I can say that I had a great life': Reality star turned Essence editor Daisy Lewellyn dies at age 36 after battling rare cancer
- Blood, Sweat and Heels reality star Daisy Lewellyn has died at age 36
- Lewellyn was battling a rare form of bile duct cancer, which she was diagnosed with at age 34
- The reality star spent time as the accessories editor of Essence Magazine
- She authored the book 'Never Pay Retail: Shop Smart, Spend Less & Look Your Best Ever'
Reality star Daisy Lewellyn (pictured) has died of a rare form of cancer at age 36
Daisy Lewellyn, who rose to fame on the reality show Blood, Sweat and Heels, has died of a rare form of cancer at age 36.
Known as the 'effortless queen of chic', Lewellyn won hearts with her bubbly and vivacious personality on the Bravo reality show.
She also served as the accessories editor of Essence magazine from 2006 to 2007. Lewellyn also had editorships at In-Style and Glamour, according to Essence.
In the trailer for season two of Blood, Sweat and Heels, released last year, Lewellyn revealed she was battling stage 3 bile duct cancer.
Lewellyn was given a shocking diagnosis at age 34 of a rare form of the disease, which starts in the bile ducts - thin tubes that connect the liver to the small intestines.
'It was kind of shocking. But also when I was diagnosed, I remember some of my immediate thoughts being like, "Well you know what? I'm not afraid to die",' she said in an interview with Madam Noire.
'It wasn't like I wanted to die and it wasn't like I didn't want to live because I absolutely love my life and I've always loved my life, but they told me it was stage three cancer.
'I was like, "Well, if it's my time to go, I'm okay with it".
'But then I had to start thinking about other people in my life and it’s not that easy just to decide just like that.
Scroll down for video
Lewellyn was the star of the reality show Blood, Sweat and Heels and deemed herself the 'effortless queen of chic'
Heartbroken: Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live, tweeted about the loss of Lewellyn on Friday
'I realized that it was hard for my family and my friends. I’m not afraid to go to heaven, but I would like to stay on earth if I can.
'If it’s my time to go, then I can say that I had a great life,' she said.
In the interview with Madam Noire, Lewellyn discussed her diagnosis and her family's reaction.
She said she was very calm but her mother had a harder time handling the diagnosis.
In a trailer for season two of Blood, Sweat and Heels, Lewellyn's family can be seen praying with her while she receives treatment for the disease.
She said her first thought upon being diagnosed was: 'How do we fix this?'
'I’m a solution-based kind of girl. I’ve never really been the person to have something going on in my life that I wasn’t happy with and that thing not be fixed,' she said.
Essence's editor-in-chief Vanessa De Luca released a statement following the reality star, editor and author's death.
Lewellyn was diagnosed with the rare form of bile duct cancer at age 34 and revealed she had the disease last year while filming the trailer for season two of Blood, Sweat and Heels
Daisy (in yellow) revealed her diagnoisis in the second season of Blood, Sweat and Heels, which chronically her life and her cast mates' (pictured) lives as New York City fashionistas
'You could not help but be swept away by her vivacious personality. She worked for a time at Essence as our Accessories Editor, and her sense of style and understanding of the Essence woman definitely made its mark.
'I will never forget her wide smile and graciousness. I know her bright spirit will live on through all the lives she has touched,' De Luca said.
Bravo's Andy Cohen, who had Lewellyn on his show Watch What Happens Live as a guest, tweeted about the loss of the star.
'I am just heartbroken about Daisy Lewellyn. What a wonderful spirit, force of life, & a great person. She lit up every room. Sad day,' he said.
Lewellyn was single with no children when she died.
- Southern mother shoots then sledgehammers children's phone
- Incredibly cute moment a baby sees his mum for the first...
- Heart- warming moment Joe a wild monkey is rescued from...
- Eye-watering moment a matador is gored in the buttocks
- Police release video of suspect in murder of Haruka Weiser
- Is this the moment a UFO was spotted flying past a volcano?
- Graphic warning: Cop fatally shoots woman with ax in TN
- Helpless lion washed away by river as a car edges closer
- Catastrophe averted as train slows before ramming car on...
- Hillary Clinton has trouble swiping her Metrocard at subway
- Archive footage shows Gloria Vanderbilt getting married at...
- Pursuit driver does 'donuts' on rainy Hollywood streets
- Erotic sex and the 'pursuit of pleasure' between couples is...
- British mother and her son who enjoy 'mind-blowing sex'...
- 'Every time I had sex with my wife, I imagined it was my...
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE - Melania as you've NEVER seen her before:...
- Pictured: The call for 'HELP' written in palm fronds that...
- Monkey is finally rescued after cruel owner kept him in...
- Living up to her nickname! ‘Catwoman’ Jocelyn Wildenstein...
- 'I hereby denounce the effects social media have on my...
- 'This is what “New York values” are really all about': Trump...
- 'He snapped real fast': Grandmother of 17-year-old 'homeless...
- 'Hello Son, I am talking to you from the grave': Dad sends...
- Bullseye! The VERY eye-watering moment a matador is gored in...