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Jenice Armstrong: Former Miss USA’s shocking suicide is a reminder that ‘having it all’ is a myth

Depression and anxiety don’t discriminate. They don’t care about beauty. They don’t care about money. They don’t care about fame. They don’t care how many advanced degrees a person may have. They don’t care about glamorous TV jobs. And they certainly don’t care about beauty queen titles.

Cheslie Kryst had all of those things and more. Her future looked bright.

But that doesn’t mean that she wasn’t also struggling. The 30-year-old beauty queen and Emmy Award-winning TV correspondent died early Sunday by suicide. The sad circumstances surrounding her death were a shock, because from outward appearances she had it all.

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