Reality TV alums are mourning the loss of one of their own. 

Anika Rashaun, who previously starred on MTV’s Real World Seattle: Bad Blood and competed on The Challenge, died after a battle with breast cancer, her friend Tiara Ramos confirmed. She was 34. 

“I lost a piece of my soul when my best friend died,” Ramos wrote in a Substack post earlier this month. “Last summer, my best friend and sister was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. Her diagnosis was a shock.”

Rashaun’s childhood friend emphasized that the former reality TV star—who tied the knot with husband Kyle Rehn in February—lived her life to the absolute fullest.  

“She was always so unapologetically herself, so real in her stances, her convictions, her beliefs,” Ramos continued. “Her ability to get what she wanted, to talk you into things, to convince you, was one of a kind. The way she showed up for her friends, fiercely loyal and loving to the end, was on a whole different level.”

Meanwhile, Rashaun’s reality TV family has also shared their grief in the weeks since her passing.