Organizers of the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants said Monday they were “devastated” by the suicide a day earlier of former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who had often spoken out about stress and mental health.
CHESLIE KRYST ‘LIT UP EVERY ROOM SHE ENTERED’
In a statement sent to AFP, the Miss Universe and Miss USA organizations said they were “devastated to learn about the loss of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst.”
“She was one of the brightest, warmest, and most kind people we have ever had the privilege of knowing, and she lit up every room she entered,” the statement said.
CHESLIE KRYST JUMPED FROM HER APARTMENT BUILDING
A police source in New York confirmed late Sunday that Kryst’s body had been found around 7:00 a.m. (14:00 SAST), at the foot of a skyscraper on 42nd Street in Manhattan, as first reported by the New York Post.
“According to the preliminary investigation, she had jumped from an elevated position,” the police source said, adding that her death “appears to be a suicide.”
The New York Post said Kryst, 30, jumped from a terrace on the 29th floor of the Orion Condominium tower where she lived.
CHESLIE KRYST’S CRYPTIC INSTAGRAM POST
A few hours before her death, Kryst posted a photo of herself on Instagram captioned:
“May this day bring you rest and peace.”
CHESLIE KRYST WAS THE OLDEST TO WIN THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT
US media obituaries her rise to fame from her birth in the US state of Michigan in 1991. Kryst, who was mixed-race, grew up in North Carolina before earning a law degree.
Her mother was crowned Miss North Carolina in 2002, before Kryst herself hit the runways and was crowned Miss North Carolina and then Miss USA in 2019 at age 28, the oldest contestant to win the pageant.
The same year, she came 10th in the Miss Universe pageant.
Although she left no explanation for her apparent suicide, The New York Times published several texts and statements Kryst had made since 2019 in which she addressed her own psychological health, work stress, pressure and the challenges of ageing.
“Turning 30 feels like a cold reminder that I’m running out of time to matter in society’s eyes – and it’s infuriating,” she wrote in March in Allure magazine.
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