The mother of Cheslie Kryst, the former Miss USA who leapt to her death Sunday from a Manhattan high rise, said her daughter hid her depression from everyone “until very shortly before her death.”
said her daughter hid her depression from everyone “until very shortly before her death.” Cheslie Kryst, who won the Miss USA sash in 2019, died on Sunday in what authorities said was a suicide. “Cheslie led both a public and private life,” her mom, April Simpkins, said in a statement. “In her private life, she was dealing with high-functioning depression, which she hid from everyone - including me, her closest confidant - until very shortly before her death.
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