Lucie Bernardoni pays tribute to another deceased candidate

“I find it sad that his fight is not more publicized.”As the series of bonuses celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the star Academy, Lucie Bernardoni (Star Academy 4) wanted to pay a last tribute. The finalist, opposite Grégory Lemarchal, of the fourth season of the telecrochet opened with her former classmates the last evening devoted to the show. If a special tribute was paid to the winner Grégory Lemarchal, who died 14 years ago of cystic fibrosis, the star Academy lost other more forgotten members.

“A real sincere thought for Faustine,” Lucie Bernardoni tweeted on Sunday, November 14. The finalist of the Star Academy 3 refers to Faustine Nogherotto. Candidate for the sixth season of the star Academy, the young woman, a high school student at the time, was part of the promotion of the winner Cyril Cinélu. Faustine Nogherotto had resorted to assisted suicide in Belgium on January 29, 2021. She suffered from two rare pathologies: myalgic encephalomyelitis and Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome.

The long fight against disease

“I find it sad that his fight is not more publicized” lamented in her tweet Lucie Bernardoni. This fight is the fight against two rare and little-known diseases. Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome is a rare disease affecting a little less than one in 10,000 adults. For myalgic encephalomyelitis, the prevalence is estimated at 200 per 100,000. The singer thus wanted to take advantage of the birthday of star Academy to highlight the pathologies from which the former candidate suffered and which she too wanted to publicize. Participant of Do not forget the lyrics, she had received the promise of the presenter Nagui to set up a program to raise funds. On April 15, 2021, two great candidates of the show, Margaux and Kévin, participated in the 5000th of the program to earn money for the French Association of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from which the young woman was suffering. However, there is still a long way to go, which is why we must continue to publicize the struggles of the young woman.

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