Kryst, who was also an attorney with an MBA, was crowned Miss USA as Miss North Carolina in May 2019. She went on to finish in the top 10 of the Miss Universe 2019 competition. That year ...

Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength," Kryst's family said in a statement Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst has died, her family confirms to PEOPLE.

April Simpkins was running late for an exercise class on the morning of Jan. 30, 2022 when she received a text from her daughter, Cheslie Kryst, a correspondent on Extra and former Miss USA 2019.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's cause of death has been revealed after an autopsy was conducted on January 31, a day after she fell from a New York City high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan.