Death of former Miss NC highlights importance of mental health

Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program "Extra," has died at age 30.
Posted 1/31/2022, 4:29:49 AM

AND WHEN IT COULD BE READY

>>> WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON THE

REPORTED DEATH OF A FORMER MISS

NORTH CAROLINA.

MISS USA WINNER, CHESLIE KRYST

HAS DIED.

SHE JUMPED FROM HER NINTH FLOOR

NEW YORK CITY BALCONY THIS

MORNING , THIS EVENING WE TALK

WITH A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR

WHO SHARED TIPS ON HOW TO HELP

THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING.

>> NORTH CAROLINA.

>> 30 YEARS OLD, CHESLIE KRYST

ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.

SHE BECAME MISS NORTH CAROLINA

AND MISS USA.

SHE REALLY SEETHED -- RECEIVED

A LAW DEGREE FROM NORTH

CAROLINA.

NOW SHE IS REPORTED THAT AFTER

JUMPING FROM HER NEW YORK

BALCONY.

TONIGHT WE TALKED WITH MENTAL

HEALTH COUNSELOR KAMALA UZZELL.

>> FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS OR

NOT KNOWING WHY THEY ARE HERE,

JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS.

IF YOU START HEARING MATTER

SEEING THAT FROM SOMEONE THAT

YOU KNOW OR LOVE THEN YOU CAN

BE THERE FOR THEM.

>> BE THERE BY LISTENING AND

ALSO TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT

SEEKING HELP.

>> IT'S OKAY TO MAKE THE FIRST

CALL, BETTER TO ENCOURAGE THE

INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE THE CALL SO

BEING A SUPPORT AND BEING THERE

WITH THE PERSON.

>> HER FAMILY SAID HER GREAT

LIGHT INSPIRED OTHERS AND HER

IMPACT WILL LIVE ON.

IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS IN A

CRISIS CALL THE NATIONAL

SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE.

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