An edition of The courage to compete (2015)

The courage to compete

living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams

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An edition of The courage to compete (2015)

The courage to compete

living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams

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A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with special needs and challenges, which became the subject of an HBO documentary with the same name. This is Abbey's story.

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English
Pages
261

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The courage to compete: living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams
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Table of Contents

Life on the farm
School days
A new world
Pageant girl
Journeys
College
Creating a pageant
Dreams
Taking a chance
The Miss Iowa pageant
Miss Iowa
The big one
A magical experience
Winning isn't everything
An amazing night
Grandpa Jack
HBO
Exactly what I was hoping for
Another trip to New York City
Becoming a nurse
Miss you can do it.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.1968
Library of Congress
RC388 .C87 2015, RJ496.C4 C87 2015, RC388.C87 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
261 pages
Number of pages
261

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27191916M
Internet Archive
couragetocompete0000curr
ISBN 10
0062363913
ISBN 13
9780062363916
LCCN
2015933523
OCLC/WorldCat
898418447

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