Cheslie Kryst's bequest lives on.
 
Nearly 8 months aft the 2019 Miss USA winner's death astatine property 30, the yearly pageant reflected connected her life.  Kryst died successful January 2022 by suicide.
 
"If you're fortunate successful life, you get the accidental to cognize idiosyncratic who lights up a room, makes each infinitesimal look better, and makes you consciousness important with a elemental motion oregon a word," analogous Christian Murphy said during the Oct. 3 show, per Insider. "That was Cheslie Kryst."
 
As Murphy noted, Kryst's interaction connected others knew nary bounds. "Now, I had the privilege to enactment alongside her, and her accomplishments were virtually endless," helium continued. "Cheslie was crowned Miss USA 2019. And successful the words of her family, she embodied love, and served others, whether done her enactment arsenic an lawyer warring for societal justice, arsenic Miss USA, and arsenic a big connected Extra. Most importantly arsenic a daughter, sister, friend, mentor, and colleague."

In mid-July, Miss USA organizers told E! News astir the organization's plans to grant the quality queen, lawyer and TV analogous moving forward, which included moving the determination of this year's pageant to wherever Kryst was crowned much than 3 years ago.

"In grant of Cheslie's memory, we recovered it to beryllium a fitting afloat ellipse infinitesimal that this year, the 2022 Miss USA pageant volition beryllium held astatine the aforesaid venue successful Reno, Nevada," Miss USA Organization President Crystle Stewart said. "Not lone arsenic a mode to support Cheslie's bequest live but besides to wage homage to the large metropolis of Reno."
 

In the days pursuing Kryst's death, her ma spoke retired astir the tragedy.
 
"Cheslie led some a nationalist and a backstage life," April Simpkins told E! News successful a connection shared successful February. "In her backstage life, she was dealing with high-functioning slump which she hid from everyone—including me, her closest confidant—until precise soon earlier her death."

"I emotion you babe miss with each my heart," she said. "I miss you desperately. I cognize 1 time we'll beryllium unneurotic again. Until then, remainder casual and successful peace."