April Simpkins, left, poses with her daughter Cheslie Kryst in an undated photo. (Family photo) Then in 2016, Simpkins said, she was working in her home office when she received a call from ...

CHARLOTTE — The mother of Cheslie Kryst met with people in Charlotte Thursday and talked about her late daughter’s memoir, “By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and ...

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 ...

Cheslie Kryst visits the BUILD Series in New York City in May 2019 to discuss winning her Miss USA title. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images) “I knew that I had to get this done,” said ...

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 ...

Tuesday marks two years since Charlotte native and former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died by suicide. She was 30 years old. Kryst will soon become a published author as her mother, April Simpkins ...