(Simpkins also has two sons with husband David ... Simpkin has also helped establish the Cheslie C. Kryst Foundation, and proceeds from book sales will go toward the foundation's work supporting ...

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.

my husband and I did not know what to do ... Cheslie had a strong spirit of giving. With the Cheslie C. Kryst Foundation, we're going to continue giving in her honor to young people and adults ...

Cheslie Kryst celebrates her victory in the Miss USA ... Her sons have social media limits on their phones that Simpkins and her husband control. The whole family has started seeing therapists.

Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's new memoir ... After she read the message, Simpkins said her husband called the police in New York City, where Kryst had moved after she was crowned Miss USA ...

April Simpkins, left, is opening up about her journey toward healing after the death of her daughter, Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst. (Courtesy of April Simpkins) ...

Kryst's new memoir, 'By the Time You Read This,' co-written with her mom, recounts her struggles — and the moment her mother learned she was gone By the age of 30, Cheslie Kryst had earned a law ...

Cheslie Corrinne Kryst (April 28, 1991 – January 30, 2022) was an American television correspondent, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2019. Kryst was also an ...

Two years after Kryst's death by suicide, April Simpkins has completed her memoir, "By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness." Cheslie Kryst’s mother is fu ...

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 ...