Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's new memoir, "By the Time You Read This," was released Tuesday.
Simpkins wrote that she found out about her daughter's suicide note in a news article.
AdvertisementOn the morning of January 30, 2022, April Simpkins received one last text from her daughter, former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst.
It's a message Simpkins shares in Kryst's memoir, "By the Time You Read This," which she helped finish following her 30-year-old daughter's death by suicide.
AdvertisementKryst won Miss USA in May 2019.
Persons:
April Simpkins, Simpkins, —, Miss USA Cheslie, Kryst, Frank L, she'd, Benjamin Askinas, Miss Universe Organization Simpkins, Cheslie, John Lamparski
Organizations:
Miss, Service, Miss USA, Uber, Miss Universe Organization, National Alliance, Mental, New York Police Department, Business
Locations:
New York City, South Carolina, New York