Harnaaz Sandhu mourns death of Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, who fell off a 60-storey skyscraper in NY
Media reports claim that Kryst died by suicide on Sunday.
By ET Online |
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Sandhu took to her Instagram Stories to mourn the 30-year-old model’s death.
Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu mourned the death of Cheslie Kryst. She shared a photo with the Miss USA 2019 on Monday, after the news of Kryst’s suicide surfaced online.
Sandhu took to her Instagram Stories to mourn the 30-year-old model’s death and wrote, “This is heartbreaking and unbelievable, you were always an inspiration to many. Rest in peace, Cheslie.” The model shared the photo with folded hands emojis and a red heart emoticon.
Media reports claim that Kryst died by suicide on Sunday, after she jumped off a 60-storey building in Manhattan, New York. According to CNN, the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that she died by suicide and had multiple blunt impact injuries.
The NYPD is currently looking into circumstances surrounding her demise. Harnaaz Sandhu shared this photo to pay tribute to the ex-Miss USA who died by suicide.Her family confirmed her death in a statement to the media that said, “In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie. Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength.”
“She cared, she loved, she laughed and she shined,” the statement added.
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Shortly before Kryst jumped off the skyscraper and took her life, the former pageant queen took to her Instagram and posted a fashion mugshot of herself, but with drowsy and half-closed eyes. In the caption, she wrote, “May this day bring you rest and peace.”
Apart from being a beauty pageant winner, Kryst was an attorney who tried to reform America’s legal framework, and offered her services to unjustly imprisoned convicts. Licensed in two states, the model had two degrees – a law degree and an MBA – from Wake Forest University. She got her undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina.
She was also a popular fashion blogger and entertainment news correspondent. Kryst was crowned Miss USA in 2019.
The news of the model’s death took the Internet by storm, and apart from Sandhu several other pageant participants from across the world have mourned the 30-year-old’s untimely death.
