A former beauty pageant queen is facing jail after lying about suffering from cancer and pocketing money raised to pay for her 'treatments'.Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, 23, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, led her local community to believe that she had been diagnosed with a form of leukemia in 2013. Since then, she has been the benefactor for several fundraisers, the most recent of which was held earlier this year, raising $14,000.


Ms Weaver-Gates first told friends and family that she had been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in March two years ago,CNN reports. She would have relatives drive her to hospital for treatments and go to a different part of the hospital for a few hours before returning, in order to pull off her scheme.

Over the years, Ms Ms Weaver-Gates took part in a number of charity events to raise money for her treatment, allegedly pocketing the cash herself. The former winner of Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International, also shaved her head to make it appear as if she had undergone chemotherapy, local media reports.

After an anonymous tip earlier this year, police began investigating Ms Weaver-Gates cancer claims, and found no evidence that she had ever been treated by a medical facility for cancer. State Police Trooper Thomas Stock called her efforts to make people believe she had cancer 'an elaborate scheme'. Ms Weaver-Gates was arrested on Tuesday and has been charged with theft by deception and receiving stolen property. Pageant organizers have said they have revoked her crown.

She is due in court next week.

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