Cheslie Kryst is an American model and television host, best known for winning the title of Miss America 2019.
Chesley after winning Miss America 2019 title
Wiki/Biography
Cheslie Corrinne Kryst was born on Sunday, April 28, 1991, in Jackson, Michigan, USA (age 30 at the time of death). Her zodiac sign is Taurus. She attended Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina and Fort Mill High School in Fort Mill, South Carolina. In 2013, she pursued a bachelor’s degree in marketing and human resource management at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. She also pursued a Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 2017, she studied for a Master of Business Administration at the Wake Forest University School of Business in North Carolina.
appearance
Height: 5′6″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body measurements (approximately): 35-24-36
family
Parents and siblings
Chesley’s biological father is Rodney A. Kryst, a bodybuilder. Chesley’s father is Polish-American.
Krist with her father as a child
Her stepfather was David Simpkins, a lawyer.
Chesley Crist’s stepfather
Her mother’s name is April Simpkins and she works in human resources.
Chesley Crist and her mother
Her mother is African-American and was awarded the title of Mrs. North Carolina USA in 2002.
Kryst spent her childhood with her mother and former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory after her mother was crowned Mrs. North Carolina USA in 2002
Chesley has four brothers: film producer Asa Crist, singer Chandler Crist, Jett and Brooklyn. She has a younger sister, Peggy Veronica, who is a hairstylist.
Chelsea and her siblings (left to right) Chandler, Brooklyn, Paige (sister) Asa and Jet (brother)
husband
Chesley is not married.
Profession
beauty pageant
Cheslie began her career in 2015 after competing in the Miss North Carolina competition representing the Metrolina area.
Kryst represents the Metrolina area in the 2015 Miss North Carolina Pageant
She won the title and became Miss North Carolina in 2015.
Chelsea wears Miss North Carolina sachet
In 2019, she became Miss North Carolina USA.
Later that year, she represented North Carolina at Miss America 2019 and won Miss America 2019. In 2019, she represented the United States at Miss Universe 2019 but failed to win the competition.
television
After winning Miss America 2019, she joined the celebrity news channel “Extra” as a reporter in October 2019 and was interviewed by many American celebrities such as Rihanna, Dwayne Johnson, and Oprah Winfrey.
Chesley Crist interviews Oprah Winfrey
lawyer
In 2017, she was sworn in as an attorney by the North Carolina Bar Association after graduating from Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She began practicing as an attorney at Poyner Spruill LLP in 2017. Sometimes she doesn’t charge many clients. She also settled a case with renowned American lawyer Brittany K. Barnett.
Chesley serves as attorney in court
prize
In 2020, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.
Kryst nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award
die
Chesley committed suicide in New York on January 30, 2022. According to reports, she fell from the 29th floor of the building where she lived in midtown Manhattan, New York. She reportedly left a suicide note and handed over all her property to her mother. In interviews, her family spoke of Chesley’s death and said:
Amid devastation and immense grief, we share the passing of our beloved Chesley. Her great light inspired others around the world with its beauty and power. She cares, she loves, she laughs, she sparkles. “
Chesley updated her Instagram post hours before her death.
Kryst’s Instagram posts before his death
Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu expressed her condolences on Chesley’s death on Instagram. She wrote in the post,
This is heartbreaking and incredible, you have been an inspiration to so many. Rest in peace Chesley. “
Harnaaz posted about Kryst on Instagram
Facts/Trivia
- Chesley follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Her hobbies include traveling and playing different sports.
- She said in an interview that when she was in school, she was an introverted student with few friends. She also added that people used to become her friends because her mother was the winner of Mrs. North Carolina USA.
- During graduation, she was a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, the Gamecocks women’s track and field team, and the mock trial team.
Cheslie and her team compete in college moot court competition
- She has been interested in beauty pageants since she was a child because her mother was a model.
- In 2015, she became Miss North Carolina. She competed in the Miss North Carolina pageant twice. She didn’t win the race, but she finished in the top ten and finished second.
- When she was in college, she often participated in various sports competitions. In an interview, she spoke about this and said:
I was a Division I athlete for four years at the University of South Carolina. I competed in the heptathlon for two years and some injuries ended my season early my sophomore year – a spinal stress fracture and a partial posterior cruciate ligament tear. I changed events to finish my junior and senior seasons and record a top ten finish in the triple jump. “
Cheslie Kryst’s graduation medal in the relay race
- In 2016, she participated in the Miss North Carolina USA beauty pageant and won fourth place. In 2017, she participated in the pageant again and placed in the top ten. In 2019, she won the title of Miss North Carolina USA. In an interview, she talked about trying so much for the pageant and said:
The year I competed in Miss North Carolina USA was my last year of eligibility. I think, I don’t want to be 40 years old and look back and wonder what would have happened if I had been able to compete? I don’t want that feeling of regret. I feel this way because I didn’t try or didn’t work hard enough or just didn’t give myself a chance. I just don’t want to feel this way anymore. “
- In 2019, she was crowned Miss America at the Miss America pageant in Reno, Nevada. She became the third woman from North Carolina to become Miss America. She won the competition at the age of twenty-eight, becoming the oldest woman to win the title. She is one of five black women to win different titles in the same year.
- After becoming Miss America 2019, she blogged for the Dress for Success campaign under the name White Collar Glam. In her blog, she once wrote about how women should dress appropriately and professionally in the workplace.
- In 2019, she represented the United States in the 2019 Miss Universe beauty pageant and entered the top ten.
- She serves on the national board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters USA.
- Kryst’s hair is curly and she competed in the Miss America competition representing her natural hair. In an interview, she talked about her natural hair, saying:
Although more and more women are competing with their natural hair these days, there are still not many of them. So, I was a little worried and anxious about it, but I thought, ‘I want to do this with the truest version of who I am,’ and that’s what my hair represents. “
- She often appears on the covers of various magazines.
Chesley on magazine cover
- She is a fitness enthusiast and often posts photos on social media of working out at the gym.
Chesley after her morning run
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