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.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst’s new memoir, “By the Time You Read This,” was released Tuesday. “Although successful and oftentimes leaders in their fields, these individuals are conducting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cheslie Kryst appeared to have it all when she won the Miss USA pageant in 2019, but she was harboring an internal struggle few knew about. Now, her story will be told in her own words with the ...

Cheslie Kryst's memory lives on. Two years after the pageant star died by suicide at the age of 30, her family is releasing her posthumous memoir, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte native and former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst will become a published author, more than two years after her death. Her mother, April Simpkins, is now releasing her book.