Cheslie Kryst attends Black Girls Rock 2019 Hosted By Niecy Nash at NJPAC on August 25, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BET) Share on Facebook; ...

In an exclusive excerpt from Cheslie Kryst’s new memoir — 'By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness,' co-written with her mom, April Simpkins — the ...

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.

Like many mothers and daughters, Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins were extremely close, ... because it is something that we all as Black women have to manage,” her mother told CharlotteFive.

Cheslie Kryst attends Black Girls Rock 2019 Hosted By Niecy Nash at NJPAC on August 25, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BET) Health.

Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's death sparked important conversations about mental health. Her mother April Simpkins is carrying on her legacy in a new memoir.

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst is set to become a published author more than two years after her death after her mother, April Simpkins, helped finish her daughter's book.

Aside from her successful law career, Kryst held multiple pageant titles, most notably representing the United States at the 2019 Miss Universe competition. Every step of the way she used her ...

On April 23, Forefront Books will release Kryst’s book, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness.The work fulfills one of Kryst’s final wishes ...

Chelsie Kryst's mom April Simpkins spoke to TODAY.com about what she thinks of former Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt's resignation and others who followed, plus how pageant life can affect mental health.

Two years after Kryst’s death by suicide, April Simpkins has completed her memoir, “By the Time You Read This: The […] The post Cheslie Kryst’s mother details daughter’s mental health ...