Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst posted cryptic message before her death by suicide
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Prior to her death by suicide, Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst posted a cryptic message describing only “emptiness” in her life. In The Daily Article for February 1, 2022, Dr. Jim Denison considers this tragic story, why so many have so said they’re unhappy, and how to seek a life of purpose through a relationship with God.
Author: Dr. Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Tennyson. |
| 0:12.0 | Chesley Christ was a Division I athlete. |
| 0:16.0 | She earned a law degree and an MBA at Wake Forest University, then became a civil litigation attorney doing pro bono work to reduce sentences for inmates. |
| 0:26.6 | She won the Miss USA pageant in 2019 and earned a spot in the top 10 at the Miss Universe competition. |
| 0:35.6 | She then became a correspondent for the entertainment news program Extra. |
| 0:41.5 | Last Sunday, according to police, she jumped from a Manhattan building |
| 0:46.4 | and was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| 0:49.7 | Yesterday, the medical examiner said she died by suicide. |
| 0:54.1 | She was 30 years old. |
| 0:56.8 | Before she jumped, Chesley posted a cryptic message on her Instagram page. |
| 1:02.5 | May this day bring you rest in peace. |
| 1:06.1 | However, in March 2021, she wrote a transparent and lengthy essay in which she said, |
| 1:13.8 | I discovered that the world's most important question, especially when asked repeatedly and |
| 1:19.0 | answered frankly, is, why? |
| 1:22.1 | She added, why work so hard to capture the dreams I've been taught by society to want when I continue to find only emptiness? |
| 1:32.3 | I could not find information online about Chesley Chris' faith or whether she suffered from depression. |
| 1:39.3 | I do understand that many people who trust in Jesus suffer from this debilitating illness, |
| 1:46.0 | and I know from personal and pastoral experience that followers of Jesus sometimes die by suicide. |
| 1:54.4 | At the same time, it seems that Chesley's article spoke for people across our society today |
| 2:00.7 | when she described finding |
| 2:02.7 | only emptiness in her life. According to new data from general social survey, Americans are |
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