Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst dies at 30

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Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst dies at 30

By Nadia ReeseSpecial to the AFRO On Jan. 31, Cheslie Kryst, who has crowned Miss USA in 2019, died at the age of 30 after falling from her 29th story Manhattan apartment, The Orion. According to the New York City Officer of Chief Medical Examiner, Kryst’s death has been ruled a suicide. Kryst was on […]

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