In an exclusive excerpt from Cheslie Kryst’s new memoir — 'By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness,' co-written with her mom, April Simpkins — the ...

Cheslie Kryst attends Black Girls Rock 2019 Hosted By Niecy Nash at NJPAC on August 25, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BET) Health.

Cheslie Kryst attends Black Girls Rock 2019 Hosted By Niecy Nash at NJPAC on August 25, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BET) Share on Facebook; ...

Like many mothers and daughters, Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins were extremely close, ... because it is something that we all as Black women have to manage,” her mother told CharlotteFive.

On April 23, Forefront Books will release Kryst’s book, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness.The work fulfills one of Kryst’s final wishes ...

Aside from her successful law career, Kryst held multiple pageant titles, most notably representing the United States at the 2019 Miss Universe competition. Every step of the way she used her ...