Cheslie Kryst Cheslie Kryst arrives at the red carpet at the 2019 Black Girls Rock! Awards at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in Newark, NJ.

Kryst earned her law degree from Wake Forest University and was sworn into the North Carolina Bar in 2017. In 2018, she earned her license to practice law in South Carolina and is now a full-time ...

Chelsie Kryst's mom April Simpkins spoke to TODAY.com about what she thinks of former Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt's resignation and others who followed, plus how pageant life can affect mental health.

Two years after Kryst’s death by suicide, April Simpkins has completed her memoir, “By the Time You Read This: The […] The post Cheslie Kryst’s mother details daughter’s mental health ...

History-making pageant queen Cheslie Kryst was at work on a book before her tragic death in 2022. The late Cheslie Kryst made history in 2019 when she became the oldest Miss USA to be crowned at ...

Parenting 2 years since Cheslie Kryst's death by suicide “Cheslie dealt with high-functioning depression,” Kryst's mother, April Simpkins, said.

Cheslie Kryst's new book explores the highs and lows of her life. Her mom, April Simpkins, has finished the original manuscript since Kryst died in 2022.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst is set to become a published author more than two years after her death after her mother, April Simpkins, helped finish her daughter's book.

Her dedication to seeing it through paid off because Kryst will be recognized as a published author on April 23, 2024, when her book, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile ...

Cheslie Kryst, Miss North Carolina USA 2019, as she was crowned the new Miss USA by Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers on May 2, 2019. Frank L. Szelwach Miss Universe Organization ...

The late Cheslie Kryst made history in 2019 when she became the oldest Miss USA to be crowned at the age of 28. Winning the title with that distinction was an achievement she both prided herself ...

Simpkins has also helped launch the Cheslie C. Kryst Foundation, which will benefit from the book’s proceeds and support mental health programs for youth and young adults.