NEW YORK (AP) — Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the leisure information program “Further,” has died at age 30.
Police stated Kryst jumped from a Manhattan residence constructing and was pronounced useless on the scene Sunday morning. Her household confirmed her loss of life in a press release.
“In devastation and nice sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie. Her nice gentle was one which impressed others around the globe along with her magnificence and power,” her household stated.
“Cheslie embodied love and served others, whether or not by way of her work as an legal professional preventing for social justice, as Miss USA and as a number on EXTRA. However most significantly, as a daughter, sister, good friend, mentor and colleague – we all know her affect will stay on,” her household stated.
Kryst, a former Division I athlete and North Carolina legal professional, received the Miss USA pageant in Might, 2019, and competed within the Miss Universe pageant that yr.
When Kryst was topped, it marked greater than a private triumph: It meant that for the primary time, three Black girls have been the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America.
In a press release Sunday, the nationally syndicated program “Further” described Kryst as “not only a important a part of our present, she was a beloved a part of our Further household and touched the whole employees. Our deepest condolences to all her household and associates.”
Kryst supplied commentary ultimately month’s Miss Universe pageant, which known as her “one of many brightest, warmest, and most form folks we have now ever had the privilege of realizing. Our whole group mourns her loss.”
College of South Carolina praised the previous student-athlete, calling her “a lady of many skills.” Kryst additionally held an MBA from Wake Forest College.
Based on police, Kryst’s physique was discovered at roughly 7 a.m. Sunday in entrance of the Orion constructing, a high-rise on West forty second Road in midtown Manhattan.