The devastated father of former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst ... lives special,' Kryst said in the video. 'My dad introduced me to athletics. He took my siblings and me to the track every weekend ...

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst battled mental illness silently ... would go on to be crowned Miss USA and become a Division I track athlete, a lawyer and an entertainment correspondent.

Rodney Kryst is a Polish American former bodybuilder. He and her mother, April Simpkins, a human resources executive, split up when Cheslie was ... and me to the track every weekend when we ...

Now she’s opening up about her daughter's life in a newly published book, By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie ... Kryst went on to become captain of the cheer squad and of the ...

Paras Griffin/Getty Images Supported by By Dodai Stewart Everyone who knew her said that Cheslie Kryst ... for each other at track meets and soccer games. When Ms. Kryst was a child, Ms. Simpkins ...

Like many mothers and daughters, Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins were extremely ... attorney and the University of South Carolina track and field athlete — just to name a few.

April Simpkins, left, is opening up about her journey toward healing after the death of her daughter, Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst. (Courtesy of April Simpkins) ...

Former Miss USA Cheslie ... much like running a race with a weight belt carrying 100 extra pounds," John Huber, a psychologist at Mainstream Mental Health, told Healthline. Kryst was an attorney ...

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 fu ...

Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. The mother of beloved former Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst is sharing her late daughter's powerful story and the reality of living with mental illness ...