The courage to compete
Subtitle: living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams
By: Abbey Curran with Elizabeth Kaye
Contributors: Kaye, Elizabeth, author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780062363916
Subjects: Cerebral palsied; Beauty contestants; People with disabilities; Beauty contests; Biography
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Life on the farm; title: School days; title: A new world; title: Pageant girl; title: Journeys; title: College; title: Creating a pageant; title: Dreams; title: Taking a chance; title: The Miss Iowa pageant; title: Miss Iowa; title: The big one; title: A magical experience; title: Winning isn't everything; title: An amazing night; title: Grandpa Jack; title: HBO; title: Exactly what I was hoping for; title: Another trip to New York City; title: Becoming a nurse; title: Miss you can do it.