Cheslie Kryst was crowned Miss USA on Thursday evening after the 27-year-old full-time attorney and fashion blogger spoke about the innovative nature of her generation and how she is following a long line of empowered women and people. Kryst said her generation "is the first generation to have that forward-looking mindset that has inclusivity, diversity, strength and empowered women. I’m looking forward to continued progress in my generation.”
Kryst, who is African-American, also finds herself in rare company becoming one of 10 Black women to be named Miss USA. Despite the fanfare around her pageant victory, Kryst said:
“I’m still that same weird kid. I still like reading books. And at the end of the day, I like to sit by myself in my house and just watch movies. But I think pageants taught me all that, and my mom was really the one who introduced me to that and drew me to pageantry.”
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