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.

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 ...

Photo: Getty Images Dia Dipasupil/WireImage. Already a full-time attorney licensed to practice law in two states, Cheslie Kryst was crowned Miss USA in 2019 at age 28.

She was 28 years old, which made her the oldest woman to be crowned Miss USA. Crystle Stewart, the president of the Miss USA Organization, remembers being at the pageant when Ms. Kryst won.

Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's new memoir, "By the Time You Read This," was released Tuesday. Her mother, April Simpkins, helped finish the memoir after Kryst's death in January 2022.

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.

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.

Nearly eight months after Cheslie Kryst's death, the Miss USA organization is ensuring that her legacy lives on. On Monday, a new Miss USA was crowned and the annual pageant took a moment to ...

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's new memoir, "By the Time You Read This," was released Tuesday, detailing her battle with depression.

In early 2022, Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 Miss USA winner, died by suicide. Later that fall, days after R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned Miss USA, other contestants publicly accused organizers of rigging ...

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) Women ...