Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst jumps to death from NY high-rise

Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program 'Extra', has died.

The police said that 30-year-old Kryst jumped from a Manhattan apartment building and was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday.

Kryst, who lived on the ninth floor of the building, was reportedly alone when she jumped and was last seen on a 29th-floor terrace.

Shortly before she jumped, Kryst posted on her Instagram page, “May this day bring you rest and peace.”

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Devastated, the former beauty queen’s family announced her death by suicide in a statement on Sunday.

Kryst, also a North Carolina lawyer, won the Miss USA pageant in May, 2019, and competed in the Miss Universe pageant that year.