She was eighteen months and got a high fever that left her deaf
They said she was only going up to third in school
She would not be able to play and run outside
She also had to learn how to walk all over again
She found school very difficult but she was very good in dance
Ballet taught her patience and respect
She dreamed of being Miss America
When she was twelve she asked to go into the school for deaf
She graduated from the school when she was fourteen
When she got back home she went back to public high school
She entered the county Junior Miss Pageant to be remembered
She helped a lot of people at the pageants with their dancing
She one the pageant spirit award
        After that she went to the Jacksonville State University college
        When she won the Miss JSU she got standing ovation from the audience
In 1995 she won the Miss Alabama with a disability
Then she went to Miss America and won