Anika Rashaun has breathed her last.
The heartbreaking news was shared by The Challenge alum’s best friend Tiara Ramon via her Substack post, titled Breast Friends Forever: RIP to my Sister.
In the post, Ramos revealed that Rashaun passed away at the age of 34 after battling with stage 4 breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with last summer.
"Her diagnosis was a shock. Despite her mother having breast cancer years earlier, she was never identified as high-risk or told by her doctors to prioritize mammograms. That was one of the many failures she experienced within the medical system during her time battling cancer. But that is a story for another day," Ramos wrote.
She continued, "I spent more than 20 years of my life with Anika. She was always so unapologetically herself, so real in her stances, her convictions, her beliefs. 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."
In the touching tribute, Tiara Ramos remembered her bestie for her courage and bravery, noting she "moved to Thailand without knowing a soul, appeared on reality TV not once but twice, went skydiving on a first date with a random guy ('do it for the plot'), and started creating her own businesses from the time she was a little girl."
Expressing her anger, heartbreak and devastation, Ramon, shattered by the loss, concluded, “To my sister, my secret keeper, my better half: I have no words. I don’t know if I ever will.”
About Anika Rashaun
Anika Rashaun was a reality TV personality, known for her appearances on The Real World and The Challenge.
She made her TV debut in 2016 as a primary cast member on Real World Seattle: Bad Blood, followed by her 2017 appearance in The Challenge: Invasions of the Champions.
On February14, 2026, she tied the knot with Kyle Walker-Rehn in San Marcos, California.
