‘A tragic loss for all’: who was former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst?

The death of the pageant queen who had a profound role in redefining global beauty standards is an incredible tragedy' for the women and girls of color she inspired

• Warning: this article mentions suicide

It's not, and never will be, clear why Cheslie Kryst took her life in Manhattan last weekend.

Media speculation in the days since has focused on social media trolls, Covid isolation, external or internal pressures, each speaking more clearly to their author's agenda than the unknowable qualities of the beauty queen's state of mind.