Cheslie Kryst

Cheslie Kryst, 30, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program “Extra,” has died. Police said Kryst jumped from a Manhattan apartment building and was pronounced dead at the scene Jan. 30. Her family confirmed her death in a statement. Kryst, a former Division I athlete and North Carolina attorney, won the Miss USA pageant in May, 2019, and competed in the Miss Universe pageant that year. When Kryst was crowned, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the first time, three Black women were the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America.

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