Miss USA 2019 commits suicide by jumping from a building in New York

The former Miss United States in 2019, Cheslie Kryst, died today by throwing herself from the window of her apartment in Manhattan, according to the New York police, who confirmed her death to various media.

Kryst’s body was found at 7 a.m. in the Orion Building on 42nd Street, a luxurious skyscraper in this area of ​​midtown Manhattan near Times Square where she lived on the 60th floor.

Kryst, who was 30 years old, was currently collaborating on the variety show Extra, whose producers released a statement saying they were devastated and said that she was “a much-loved part of the extended Extra family.”

Born in Michigan, she had studied at business school and law school, and before entering the beauty pageant she practiced as a lawyer, as well as founding the fashion blog White Collar Glam.

Her relatives, for their part, asked for privacy in these moments of bitterness and recalled that Cheslie “cared, loved, laughed and shone”, and that she will be remembered “as a daughter, sister, friend, mentor and colleague”.