Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst battled mental illness silently. Her mom wants to help other people who are struggling. A few days after finding a bag of old home movies in storage, April Simpkins s ...

CAROLINAS (WCIV) — Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019, died by suicide in 2022.Her mother is now continuing her daughter's fight and keeping Kryst's memory alive by carrying out her last wish.

She continues to grieve the loss of her daughter, Cheslie Kryst ... because I felt like my body was shutting down.” Those details remain vivid in her mind. “I just kept thinking to myself, ‘Is this ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the mother of former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst is drawing attention to the struggle of high-functioning depression and just how lethal it can be.

Cheslie Kryst’s Mom Opens Up About the Former ... If I stopped telling my body how to breathe, I would die. At Cheslie’s funeral, I kept thinking, “I have to survive this because my family ...

Like many mothers and daughters, Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins were extremely close, talking every day. But, one day in 2022, Simpkins picked up the phone to call her daughter after teaching a ...

The statement in the conclusion of the story of Cheslie Kryst in her newly released memoir — a book the former Miss USA had been writing before she died by suicide at age 30. She shares the ...

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's memoir hit shelves April 23 with the help of her mother, April Simpkins, who finished the book after Kryst died by suicide two years ago. "By The Time You Read This ...

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 ... thought she would die from a broken heart.

Already a full-time attorney licensed to practice law in two states, Cheslie Kryst was crowned Miss USA in 2019 at age 28. She also worked as a correspondent for the syndicated newsmagazine series ...

Miss Utah 2020 Rachel Slawson told BI that Cheslie Kryst was a huge inspiration. Kryst, who died by suicide in January 2022, won Miss USA in 2019. Slawson said Kryst encouraged her to make history ...