“Glass ceilings can be broken wearing either a skirt or pants,” Kryst said during a video played during pageant activities. “Don’t tell females to wear different clothes while you give the men substantive feedback on their legal arguments.” Soon after, Kryst built a blog on fashion, White Collar Glam, and volunteered for Dress for Success. For her last question in the final Miss USA round, Kryst was asked whether the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements had gone too far. Cheslie Kryst was born on April 28, 1991, in Jackson, Mich., and moved to Charlotte, N.C., when she was a toddler, according to a profile from SouthPark Magazine. She later graduated from the University of South Carolina with a business degree and then earned an M.B.A. and a law degree from Wake Forest University.
