Fatal NYC Jumper Identified As Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst

The woman who leaped to her death from a Midtown high-rise Sunday was former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

The 2019 pageant winner and 30-year-old lawyer jumped from the 60-story Orion building at 350 W. 42nd St. around 7:15 am and was found dead in the street below, sources said.

Kryst, who lived on the ninth floor of the building, was alone when she jumped and was last seen on a 29th-floor terrace, sources said.

A former Miss North Carolina, she won top honors at the 2019 Miss USA pageant, wearing a sparkly winged outfit for the National Costume competition, a nod to Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged BIrd Sings.”

Just hours before she jumped, Kryst wrote on her Instagram page“May this day bring you rest and peace.”

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was identified as the woman who jumped out of a New York building on January 30, 2022.

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According to police, the former Miss USA left a note giving everything to her mother but did not offer an explanation for her death.

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Kryst jumped from the 60-story Orion building on 42nd St. around 7:15 am and was found dead in the street below.

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Sources say Kryst was alone when she jumped and was last seen on a 29th-floor terrace.

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Kryst, a former Extra TV correspondent, is seen interviewing Lady Gaga.

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She left behind a note saying she wanted to leave everything to her mother, sources said. The note didn’t include a motive for her actions, sources said.

“Not only beautiful but she was smart — she was a lawyer,” a police source said. “She has a life that anyone would be jealous of. … It’s so sad.”

Fatal NYC jumper identified as Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst

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