Sara Lee, pictured here on Instagram on October 4, has died at the age of 30.
(CNN) — Sara Lee, winner of World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) wrestling reality show Tough Enough in 2015, has died, according to a statement shared by her mother on social media. I was 30 years old.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that our Sarah Weston has gone unto Jesus,” her mother, Teri Lee, wrote in a statement. “We are all in shock and the precautions are not yet complete. We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn.”
Sara Lee was married to former WWE wrestler Westin Blake, with whom she had three children.
CNN has reached out to WWE for comment.
“I think my fans can relate to me because I’m a normal girl,” she told the Midland Daily News in Midland, Michigan after being voted the “Tough Enough” winner by fans. “I was just myself.”
According to the newspaper, Lee is from the small town of Hope, Michigan, a 2010 graduate of Meridian High School in Sanford, Michigan, where he was on the track team. He also competed in weightlifting.
Lee won a $250,000 contract from WWE but was fired in 2016.
“No tweet or words can bring this beautiful human being back, but my heart goes out to @TheWestinBlake and his family. Sara Lee will be greatly missed.” tweeted the fighter Chelsea Green. “The photo on the left is how I will always remember her: laughing, smiling, carefree.”
No amount of tweeting or words can bring this beautiful human back, but all my heart goes out to him @TheWestinBlake & your families. Sara Lee will be greatly missed. ♥️
The photo on the left is how I will always remember her – laughing, smiling, carefree. pic.twitter.com/XLlLFXDOcF— CHELSEA GREEN (@ImChelseaGreen) October 6, 2022
“You were so good in so many ways. You loved your family and friends very much. You were so generous and warm and selfless.” tweeted WWE Wrestler Nikki ASH You made me laugh. No matter how long we haven’t seen each other, we always picked up exactly where we left off. I love you Sarah”.
“Sara Lee was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever met and her smile lit up the room. My love and hope for strength goes out to Cory and his three beautiful children,” he tweeted. Shawn Bennetta WWE referee.