A promising young life gone too soon

In our scene, most of the beauty pageants come into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

Some of the contests, however, are done in a very professional manner, but the majority, I would say, are a joke, to many.

I wonder whether what took place, in the scene here, recently, is world news or just confined to our world only!

Social media is still full of accusations, and counter accusations, and I’m sure most people must be perplexed by what they read, see and hear!

However, right now what the beauty pageant world is talking about is the death of former Miss USA, Cheslie Kiyst.

Cheslie was only 30 years old when the end came for her, on January 30th, 2022, at a 60-story luxury high-rise condominium, in Midtown, Manhattan, USA.

Reports indicate that Cheslie was last seen alive on the 29th floor terrace, alone, and it’s believed she has jumped to her death.

Authorities say she left behind a note, leaving everything to her mother.

Cheslie was crowned Miss USA in 2019, impressing everyone with her beauty, as well as brains. She has a law degree, as well.

Moments after she won the Miss USA 2019 pageant, she said: “I’m so excited. I know it’s real, but I just can’t believe it.”

Cheslie’s victory made pageant history – for the first time three Black women held the title of Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America, in that same year.

In a haunting last Instagram, posted on the morning of her death, she wrote:

“May this day bring you rest and peace’, with a heart emoji.

American TV personality Gayle King said: “Nobody saw this coming and that is what is so upsetting to me.

“How do you know to offer someone help if you don’t know they need that help? That is what is killing me.”

Cheslie was also friends with the current Miss USA who said, “It’s shocking not only because the way in which she died but because she was full of life and no one would have expected this to happen.”

No motive of the suicide was known, but in a 2018 interview, Cheslie spoke about mental health.

And, this is what she said: “I do a lot to make sure that I maintain my mental health, and one of the most important things I did is to talk things out first.”

They say Cheslie led both a public and a private life. In her private life, she was dealing with high-functioning depression which she had hid from everyone, including her mother, until very shortly before her death.

Her heartbroken family released the following statement:

“Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength. Cheslie embodied love and served others.”

Yes, a promising young life gone too soon.