Pageant queens have always had to swim against the current of society's expectations. Now, even people in the community are wondering what Miss USA still stands for.

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.

Cheslie Kryst won Miss USA 2019. Benjamin Askinas/The Miss Universe Organization Cheslie Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, defended the #MeToo movement during her interview round.

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, Miss North Carolina USA 2019, as she was crowned the new Miss USA by Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers on May 2, 2019. Frank L. Szelwach Miss Universe Organization ...

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.