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Two years after losing her daughter, former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, April Simpkins has become a mental health advocate, sharing her daughter’s full story to help others live.
The parents of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst are speaking out and sharing their plans to honor their late daughter just in time for her 31st birthday. On Wednesday, Kryst’s parents April and David ...
The father of Cheslie Kryst, the young beauty queen who leaped to her death from a Manhattan high-rise Sunday morning, said his daughter was "pure," didn't use drugs or alcohol and said it was ...
Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, shown at a 2019 South Carolina football game in Columbia S.C., also was a lawyer who helped at least two men regain their freedom.
Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 Miss USA, Charlotte NC lawyer, suffered from high-functioning depression, mother April Simpkins said. Kryst died by suicide in New York.
Cheslie Kryst's mother, April Simpkins is reflecting on her daughter's life and legacy in the latest episode of Red Table Talk. The Extra correspondent and Miss USA 2019 died by suicide on Jan. 30 ...
Cheslie Kryst’s grieving mom April Simpkins talked to Gayle King on Monday, a day after her daughter leaped from a high-rise apartment building in Midtown.
Cheslie Kryst's mother on grieving daughter 14:52. When former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst would walk into her mother's house, it was like an announcement.
April Simpkins (L); Cheslie Kryst. Red Table Talk/Facebook, Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty. But based on the content of her daughter's text message that morning, Simpkins knew she had to take action.
The mother of Cheslie Kryst has issued a statement mourning the loss of her daughter after the Miss USA winner’s death was ruled a suicide. On Wednesday, April Simpkins confirmed that her ...
Cheslie Kryst, an Extra correspondent and former Miss USA champ, has died. Her family confirmed the news last night (Jan. 30) in a statement shared by Extra. She was 30. Kryst’s death was ...
Cheslie Kryst, the 30-year-old winner of Miss USA 2019, jumped to her death from the 29th floor of the Orion condominium building on Sunday morning, according to the NYPD.