Former Miss USA winner, Cheslie Kryst has died in a suspected suicide in Manhattan on Sunday morning.
Kryst, 30, who had an apartment on the ninth floor of the building on West 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan, leaped from the high-rise around 7:15am and was found dead on the sidewalk beneath the 60-story building.
She had last been seen on one of the building’s terrace, up on the 29th-floor.
Kryst was a former complex civil litigation attorney and licensed to practice law in North and South Carolina.
She had been working as a correspondent for the entertainment show Extra and had received two Daytime Emmy nominations for her work.
Kryst won the Miss USA pageant in 2019 representing North Carolina.
Only hours before jumping, Kryst wrote on her Instagram page, ‘May this day bring you rest and peace.’
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The model had also left a note before ending her life that stated she wanted to leave everything to her mother. There was no explanation for her actions.
