Krystle Self became Miss Deaf Georgia 2001-2003 in Marietta, Georgia. The first runner up was Amber Mullings and the second runner up was Lara Whitfield. Krystle won the Best Talent Award when her talent was signing a song, "I'm Your Angel" and also, she won the Best Platform Award, "Silent cries for Love" at the Miss Deaf Georgia pageant.
At the Miss Deaf America pageant for 27 contestants in Washington, DC., she won the Best Talent Award again, but her talent performance had changed to the song called "Hero" along with the slideshow and she also won the Best Platform Award again during the Preliminary Competition in 2002.
Krystle responded how she felt when she was representing Georgia as Miss Deaf Georgia while she competed with national contestants at Miss Deaf America pageant and what she had learned from her experience at the Miss Deaf America pageant:
"I felt very honored to represent Georgia at Miss Deaf America Pageant and was in fact having fun meeting new friends and learning how other states are and so on. I learned that you have to work extra hard to achieve goals that may seem impossible in other people's eyes but in the end it'll all be worth it! I've also learned even though it was HARD practicing and getting ready for the competition always make the best out of ANYTHING!"
