Tributes are pouring in for former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst after officials announced she died by suicide early Sunday morning. Kryst worked as an attorney in North Carolina before becoming the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent on “Extra.”
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Pharmaceutical industry needs 2 warn public if she was on them they cause suicide
The death seem suspect
Her essay said it all, that society tells you what to want to be happy. You should do what matters to you and gives you meaning.
Well said!!!
Why is it so important to matter in anyone’s eyes ? Really ? This is a cancer for all of us-
@Hajrie Demushi often it is a lack of love that we try to compensate, and instead of seeking the love of God we seek the love of humans, but it is failing
@777PROJEKT True, but is important to learn that some people are merely noT capable of loving us/nor themselves for whatever reason, whereas some just don’t want to love, nor like us. And that is not our problem, we can’t solve such-I recently had a coworker who told me in face ” I just don’t like you” and also made a false complaint about me. I told him “I like you though”-
I’m sure is much more deeper than that-
Avoid negative energy etc-
social media is not for everyone- people make nonsense comments – I personally can’t handle social media -avoid social media- 90% OF THE TIME-
read a good book in stead.
@Hajrie Demushi i agree with all points, but there is something strange with this suicide, the women was advocate, and a black women in américa, athletic, she must have had a strong personality and she had neither the life of someone sensitive (easely offended ) nor in depression..
there seems to have been something more brutal, a disappointment or very bad news, or someone she loved who would have hurt her, or child abuse that has surfaced.. (sorry for Google traduction )
She killed her self wow what a waste
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R.I.P CHESLIE KRYST 1991-2022 ON NBC NEWS
It does not pay to be a leader or anybodies hero in modern day America.
It’s all garbage right now.
She must have listened to R Kelly . 👐🏾
“I believe I won’t die “.
now really that’s a shame
God have mercy on your soul for making a joke about this lady’s death.
I never heard of her until today. This is very sad. To actually force yourself to jump from 60 stories against your fight or flight innate instincts speaks volumes about the massive, deep, tremendous and excruciating bottomless pit of pain this young lady must have been mired in up until the very second she decided to end it all. It’s obvious that for her, the pain of plunging to a grueling death was much better and highly preferable to spending another second alive saturated in misery and drowning in the pain of a mental and emotional purgatory and this is sadly profound. I’ve been in a dark place and I’ve wanted to end my life. Although I never had a plan, I researched it and I discovered It’s actually a challenge to try to end your own life, so she wanted to make sure she didn’t survive and she knew plunging from that sky scrapper pretty much guaranteed she would die. I hope that faithful day did bring her the peace and rest she was hoping for. Sadly I can empathize with her because again, I’ve been in a very dark place myself a time or two, but I’m grateful I made it through. I wish she would’ve had the wisdom and understanding to know trouble doesn’t last always but the pain of losing a loved one to suicide always do.
My trouble has been lasting for over 35 years 🤦♀️
That day did not bring her peace and rest, sadly. We are not the author’s of our life, God is, and only He decides when we live and die. Suicide is not the answer, we cannot sympathize with that solution. Instead, anyone and everyone who does suffer in silence, must get help.
Who dictates who is the author of our lives she prob call upon God to help out god cannot look over and maintain billions of individual
We have to search for our own solution
Sometimes prayer is helpful to some but not all
@J how old are you?
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How many people would have lost a night’s sleep to help her over the rough spot? How many people would have refrained from saying: “but you’re pretty and young” and actually listened and help her sort out her troubles?
When you are severely depressed…it doesn’t matter how many people tell you that you are pretty and young…..they could tell you that all day long and it won’t change a thing. I know I have had it for 30 plus years.
Condolence to the family everyone needs to shut out social media if we all stand and say that we’re not accepting this anymore they pick and choose who they want to remove or close the account and you got haters out there and some of them are little kids others are just jealous don’t know the person but this generation lives on what other people think and their value from other people no you’ve got to love yourself more than you do social media your social media should be open to the people that care about you and that you feel safe with not an open platform for everyone to be able to bully make fun of hurt when they have no clue who you are and never met you like so many things in today’s time we have got to make some changes the next generation doesn’t stand a chance on any level or on anything this is sad what this world is coming to
God is very upset 😡 with her? Threw her life away.💀
🤦♀️ She was probably more upset with him….if she even believed in this God character at all 🤷♀️⚛
Nope….sorry…she died as a result of an illness so I don’t think God will hold her accountable for that.
I have considered giving up on my life so many times but I keep promising myself “It will be better” just keep swimming🥺
Be strong and keep going 😻
One day after many many years of suffering I woke up and it was gone. I actually felt the weight lift. Believe me it does get better, enough for you to go on and find JOY in life. Hang in there.
And it will get better trust in God and keep working on your self- Because life is mixed of happiness and sadness for all of us – There are times I’m really down, but I found away to keep my self super busy, challenge my self every day little by little-Social media is a cancer for many of us- I stay away from it 90% OF THE TIME- My heart goes out to Cheslie
Dies? No she committed suicide. She made a *choice* . Saying dies means it was not her own cause.
She died as a result of a mental illness, depression.
It was the abrupt stop
@Lori Hendricks mental illlness caused suicidal thoughts which caused her to take her life. The coroner list it as a suicide, not mental illness as a cause of death.
Someone forgot to share Jesus with her
A lot of Christians have taken their life so your savior definitely isn’t the answer! Your religion never worked for me ⚛
I am sorry you felt pain, that you felt you had to go 💖🌻🌹 very beautiful, brilliant, talented human being RIP & deepest condolences to family
It’s so heartbreaking, she was so beautiful and she had a life ahead of her. 💔😭
May you Rest In Peace beautiful girl, my heart goes out to her family
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THERE ARE SO MANY SUICIDE DEATH AROUND THE WORLD EVERYDAY. DUH BIG DEAL
Why do you think there’s so many, if you had to guess
I know she achieved so much, but she shouldn’t have tried to fly..
???
The media needs to take mental illness/drug and booze addiction seriously. They should stop treating it like comedy. I mean, you listening, Harvey Levin, Adam Buckley, Jian Ghomeshi, Shane Dawson, Howard Bragman, Vince McMahon, Les Moonves, Jay Leno, Matt Lauer, Piers Morgan, Adrienne Bailon, Arsenio Hall, David Letterman, Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric and Jerry Penacoli?
Why does the media seem to refuse to classify people as biracial? May this beautiful biracial woman RIP.
True , sadly the narrative with the media is black or white .
Well she classified and identified her own self as black so why would they disrespect her and change her self identification as black?
@Smartana Jones Did she really? Well either way she was biracial and shouldn’t be represented as Black because she had a white parent. It would be nice if we just called it what it was. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind being called what she actually was.
@khokoOO7 who are you to tell her what and who she is??? If you’re one of them then call yourself whatever you please. Others have a right to self classify as they please. The way most white people have a pathology that causes them to treat others so wrong just because of their skin tone, maybe she didn’t identify with her white side and I wouldn’t blame her because white people can be very cruel to others that don’t look like them. Why should she want to embrace that?
@Smartana Jones No seems like you are one of them call yourself whatever you please by your statement. The girl was biracial, period.
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Self murder is not forgiven
So she didn’t find “rest and peace”?
@Dismal the dead is consious of nothing no feelings no memory she will sleep in peace but has no prospect of getting resurrection
Rest in Peace,,, Beautiful Lady,,, May God kept her soul and forgives her amen🙏☦️🙏.
Vapid race hustler realizes she has nothing to offer but Toxic Ideology.
The person not rowing has time to rock the boat.
She spewed hatered and milked racism for every drop of attention.
There is no substitution for real virtue and integrity..
..that’s why these virtue signaling clowns go bust.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Be real.
My condolences goes out to her family and friends. So sad to see her leaving the land of the living in this manner. Hope she knows the Lord Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior, if not she’s another lost soul.
too young! 😢 will pray for your soul Cheslie!
This is soooooo sad! May God have mercy on all our souls.
0:31 RIP. She suffered more than that. Some sources say her bio father was not in her life while she was raised by her stepfather. Another thing is she was biracial, which triggered groups of both sides to question her identity, tragically too much in this case.
You waste of your life. 🤦
Rip young beautiful lady.
Here today
In the essay, written for Allure in March last year, Cheslie said that she “cringed” at the thought of turning 30. “Society has never been kind to those growing old, especially women,” she wrote. “…Turning 30 feels like a cold reminder that I’m running out of time to matter in society’s eyes – and it’s infuriating.”
That’s awful, 30 is still so young
@Tonya Brookes yes, and look how many womens are still beauty and fresh at 50 or more.. mindset is most important
If she thought ’30’ was old, she has more mental problems than most.
30 is a great age
Rest In Peace 🙏🙏
she had some nice arms
Well…l guess her Counselor did not do his/her job part? There is the only one that can saved you whenever in doubt? That is GOD..talk to him whenever you get a chance…HE will always listens to you? Kneel down and Pray!!!…🙏 Still, l don’t know but please investigate this terrible act on her part? Did anyone visited her prior of her jumping!!!!???? Fingerprints, Cell phone texts or other!? Something just doesn’t add up!!!???.. Why, because she became a role model for young girls to achieved their dreams no matter what is the color of your skin? An attorney herself…l mean, it’s not that she just became a beauty contestant as Miss USA and won for just her pretty face!!?? She was an educated young woman!!?.. Goals achieved and so much more to give at only 30 years old to have done what she did!?…Again, its simple so incomprehensible!!!!!… R.I.P… 🙏
My condolences to the family and friends and USA may his soul rest in peace 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
😭😭😭😭
Never heard of her
Well, I think she took her ha8ers advice😄. That’s why kids, you don’t base your life on others’ opinions about you
She was beautiful 🙏
To jump 60 stories to certain death takes a certain level of bravery…I wish she had had the same bravery to face her future…Which in time, she probably would have discovered wasn’t nearly as bad as she thought it would be. She had the tools upon which to build a successful life: education, career, beauty, etc…Far more than most.
Brave and completely unethical. What if she hits someone during her jump and they die? Such things have happened in the past.
@A Watkins , Unfortunately those are not the tools.
Nah that wasn’t bravery. She was pressured by her world to be perfect and couldn’t take it anymore. We need to look out for each other more….
Unfortunately when one is in a depression state they cannot see any of that
So after 30 there’s not much to live for ? That’s a great thing to teach these kids that can’t think for themselves
Exactly. The best parts for me were after 30! Its fascinating how strictly some people map out their life ahead of time instead of just living
Being in a rich country like America fed-up busy life she decided go to heaven after jumping 60 stories.
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I can’t believe this, such a tragedy.
She was so beautiful
They better investigate more but either way ….
What is sad is that young people today are so fragile that something like aging makes them suicidal.
RIP
Coward way out of this earth. I dont feel sorry for her, but her family, yes.
This is why as Christian we have to evangelize because we don’t know what people are going through what despair they may be facing. People need to know there is always hope in Jesus Christ. I pray for comfort for her family. 💔
RIP
“Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst Dies At 30” so let’s #ConvinceItForward
Omg 😱😱😱who would be so hateful?? What is wrong with people …honestly this is just another atrocious act and this psychological carnage needs to stop! RIP 🙏 you are no longer surrounded by hate. 😪😪😪😪😪
Sometimes you have to walk away from it all to save yourself. RIP 🙏 if you are suffering in silence 🔕 💔 please seek help. You are not alone and won’t be judged
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She’s was beautiful beautiful beautiful I would of married her
I wonder if she really did jump
Mental Health is complicated, Very Personal and private. I feel everyone has some form of Personality Disorder, which is not as insulting as using Mental Health Disorder Labels that cause people to be secretive and defensive when dealing with their disorder. Some disorders are more severe than others, however as long as a person is responsible and independent there is no need to worry about the type of shortcomings he or she has.
Weak minded just weak minded.
Oh shove it
I’m very sorry to hear about this it is so shocking I my late Sister Janice Armstrong took her life in a tragic way she committed suicide different way so sorry to hear about this suicide is so sad so so devastating my name is Nancy Armstrong please to this beautiful woman that was Miss USA her and my sister are resting in peace now
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We have higher suicide rates since pendemic started along with more social media. The hate from people is disgusting….
Alot of people killed themselves over covid. Life is so horrible now the fact that it’s never over makes people quit life.
Zendaya should play Cheslie in a movie
I just turned 30 last month, and I feel exactly what she said… the pressure is almost like I have a truck pressing against my chest. This sad… really sad…
Wait till you reach 40
No 30s is very young live to enjoy life not to meet anyone’s (societies) expectations I’m 29 but growing up I thought women in their 30s were the hottest (more developed physique)
Her thoughts on becoming 30 was disturbing I wonder if she told anyone else that
To end a life is one of the hardest thing one can imagine. Funny thing is, life doesn’t end where she ended it, it just started. And as a Christian that she is, she may never have been schooled that ending a life is sin. My heart goes out to her family… Been in a sad state before and I can tell how alone one can feel. It is well!
RIP so young
LOL
Why she did https://youtu.be/yaUAR7JbQuU
imagine that moment, figure out that exact moment and feel that moment when she was ready to jump next second, did she closed her eyes and opened her arms like she going to fly in heaven, what was coming into her mind, whats images she visualizing knowing she going to leave this world forever and never going to see sunrise anymore, its all so painful to imagine 💔
People have to know they matter to themselves whether society notices it or not. Being relevant and recognised isn’t life at all. Being alive is being able to walk among the masses and know you’re special whether anyone notices or not. Self love is important. Growing old is inevitable
Well said-
shame on her haters. shame on haters!
god bless, she will always be beautiful and in our hearts
She wouldn’t have done it if she wasn’t a model. It’s too much for some to handle and beauty will only get you so far for a limited amount of time
constant micro aggressions? very next scene a white woman is happy for her putting a crown on her head. Not to mention she was black and won Miss USA LMFAO really this country has a huge mental illness issue that not one one to acknowledge because it cost too much money to get these people help. She turned 30 and went into depress because she was getting old? Such first world problems.
There’s been so much outpouring of love and support for Cheslie. I wonder if she knew how loved she was before she chose to end her life. It’s very sad. May she rest in peace.
Poor her…🤮
Smart and beautiful.. gone to soon
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Very Sad 😭
Smh i don’t understand why she felt like that like she wasn’t going to be important enough your enough people that bully people brings the depression out of them who ever bully her mentally is going to get karma
She “Offed Herself”
Couldn’t get it together mentally so she gave up
♥️💜🧡💙❤💛💚♥️💜🧡💙❤💛💚
god rest her soul … in 2015 i was determined to die and woke up in a psych ward. i’m a suicide attempt survivor and changed my life completely. i live near the woods and live a very simple life with two cats and few friends. it’s not textbook success but i have peace in my life away from the noises and rat race. i fell in love with myself. she could’ve started over miles away from the painful place she was in. a new life is always around the corner. don’t give up on starting over new. it truly gets better. aging is a beautiful process. we get stronger and wiser. something valuable that money, beauty and fame cant hold a light to.
She didn’t commit suicide. The note to her mom was coerced. Judging from where her body was found is off. Found on the st not on the sidewalk
She was thrown from the 29th fl. She didn’t fly & end up that far from the building. Her family needs to leave no stone unturned. Being a lawyer im assuming she had a will. Therefore the note of leaving things to her mom is off. Today may you find rest & peace on her Instagram pg may be directed to someone else. Advocate for mental health, she knew the signs. My belief is that she was coerced & murdered. What about the man with the pit bull who stalked her in the video at the park. Whom she confronted. Investigate!!! Rip beautiful
I”m not too concerned with getting too old to matter. There’s always taco bell and netflix and getting a dog.
It’s inconceivable, when someone has everything and yet makes this choice. I want to say to the actress that said, something like “remember you’re not alone.” That is complete and utter BS. A lot of ppl are truly alone. Have you heard of homelessness? These ppl are alone, and many others not living on the street, same. Just saying something that isn’t true, insulting those who know better, that’s not helping. What would help is working to ensure ALL human beings are valued and truly helped when they need real help. It starts with working to change most of our systems. And it always starts with our children. Stop neglecting, abusing and not protecting them. Stop teaching them, allowing them to be taught/brainwashed, that they are nothing without something. Talk to your children, really talk to them. No matter their age, and not just about the gd weather or their new outfit.
She was a Never Trumper so who cares…
So incredibly sad. She was Miss USA and an amazing inspiration to young black girls all over the world. May she Rest In Peace
Let this be a wake up call for so many people. Only Jesus can fulfill anything that money fame careers wealth can’t. 🙏 prayers for family and love ones.