Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, 30, leaps to her death from 60-story Manhattan hi-rise: Beauty queen lawyer posted message on Instagram hours before saying, ‘May this day bring you rest and peace’
A woman who jumped to her death from a skyscraper in New York City on Sunday morning has been identified as former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst.
Kryst, 30, was a lawyer and also worked as a correspondent for the entertainment show Extra. She won the Miss USA pageant in 2019.
Kryst, who had an apartment on the ninth floor of the building, leaped from the Midtown high-rise around 7:15am and was found dead on the sidewalk beneath the 60-story hi-rise.
She had last been seen on one of the building’s terrace, up on the 29th-floor.
Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst, 30, was found dead on Sunday morning after jumping from a New York City skyscraper
Hours before jumping, Kryst wrote on her Instagram page, ‘May this day bring you rest and peace.’
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.
‘Not only beautiful but she was smart — she was a lawyer,’ a police source told the New York Post. ‘She has a life that anyone would be jealous of. … It’s so sad.’
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Kryst posted her final picture on Instagram on Sunday morning writing: ‘May this day bring you rest and peace’
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