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.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst: 1991-2022. Cheslie Kryst, the Charlotte lawyer with deep ties to the Carolinas and later became the 2019 Miss USA, died by suicide in January 2022.

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 on grieving daughter 14:52. When former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst would walk into her mother's house, it was like an announcement.

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 ...

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 mom April Simpkins speaks to PEOPLE in an exclusive about healing after the loss of her daughter, who died by suicide at the age of 30 in 2022.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 07: Cheslie Kryst attends the world premiere of “Like A Boss” at SVA Theater on January 07, 2020 in New York City. Photo: Getty Images Dia Dipasupil/WireImage.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died Sunday morning, said her family and the New York Police Department, which is investigating her death. She was 30.

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.

Cheslie Kryst's Parents Invite Public to Balloon Release for What Would Have Been Her 31st Birthday. Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's parents said they are "experiencing a remarkable outpouring of ...

Following Cheslie Kryst’s death on Jan. 30, tributes poured in for the 30-year-old on social media. Several fellow Miss USA contestants mourned Cheslie’s loss with messages on Instagram… ...