Mother of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst reveals her daughter was dealing with 'high-functioning depression'
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April Simpkins, the mother of Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst, said she is "forever changed" following her daughter's suicide and that Kryst was dealing with depression.
"Cheslie led both a public and a private life. 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," Simpkins said in a statement on Wednesday.
Kryst took her own life by jumping from the 29th floor of the Orion condo building in midtown Manhattan on Sunday morning. The New York City Medical Examiner confirmed on Tuesday that she died by suicide.
Kryst received her law degree and MBA from Wake Forest University but put her career as a civil litigation attorney on hold to compete in pageants.
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