Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA, Division I athlete, a lawyer and later a correspondent for TV show “Extra,” told friends that, as a Black woman, she felt she had to work twice as hard to be ...

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.

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.

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.

Cheslie Kryst's new book explores the highs and lows of her life. Her mom, April Simpkins, has finished the original manuscript since Kryst died in 2022.

Cheslie Kryst's new book explores the highs and lows of her life. Her mom, April Simpkins, has finished the original manuscript since Kryst died in 2022.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's final wish was for her mother April Simpkins to publish their collaborative memoir, an uncensored and painful look inside Kryst's mental health struggles, as well ...

A posthumous memoir by Cheslie Kryst, By the Time You Read This focuses on the Miss USA winner's mental health difficulties before she died by suicide at age 30.

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 ...

In her new posthumous memoir, “By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness,” Kryst shares her experience dealing with the pressure of being in the public eye.

Slawson said Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst encouraged her to wear pants during the competition. The Miss Universe Organization "Cheslie was a lawyer, and she really advocated for women being able to ...