TAMPA - Kristen Berset had it all. Crowned Miss Florida USA 2004, top 10 in the Miss USA pageant and on her way to her dream career as a TV news anchor, but a breast cancer diagnosis stopped her in her tracks and that's why she is encouraging all women to know the warning signs.

The backstory:

"I found a lump when I was doing a self-breast exam in the shower," Berset said. "So, I went to a doctor and had him check it out, and he said it was a cyst, and let's watch it and come back. So he misdiagnosed me twice."

Berset saved her own life with a simple at-home breast exam. A step she says too many women skip.

But, it took a full year before a doctor in a new state took her seriously and diagnosed the disease because she said her initial doctor told her the lump was a cyst.

"Went to

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