On May 2nd, Cheslie Kryst, a 28-year-old Attorney from North Carolina won the Miss USA pageant, live on FOX in Reno Nevada! Kryst competed again 50 other contestants in evening gown, swimsuit, and interview competitions.
She shined on stage in a simple but elegant white Sherri Hill evening gown, which was a perfect pairing with her show-stopping natural curly hair.
Kryst graduated with honors from the University of South Carolina and obtained her law degree and MBA from Wake Forest University. She is currently part of the Poyner Spruill litigation team focusing on government and business-related disputes and constitutional litigation.
She is proving that beauty queens can be both brains and beauty.
Kryst, is not only making history as an Attorney winning Miss USA but as one of three black woman winning major national pageants all during the same year. Miss America (Nia Franklin), Miss Teen USA (Kaleigh Garris) and the current Miss USA (Cheslie Kryst) spoke with CBS This Morning about this amazing moment.
""It's symbolic, I think, and it sends a message across the world really that you can be anything you want to be, and there doesn't have to be just one of us at a time up here," Nia Franklin said.
This win was huge for so many reasons and it is a message about diversity that is needed more than ever right now.
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