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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Curran, Abbey, 1987- author.     Subjects     Curran, Abbey, 1987-     Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.     Beauty contestants -- United States -- Biography.     Beauty contests -- Illinois -- Kewanee.     People with disabilities -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Curran, Abbey, 1987- author.       by title:      The courage to compe...         MARC Display

The courage to compete : living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams / Abbey Curran with Elizabeth Kaye. by Curran, Abbey, 1987- author. New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, c2015. Subjects Curran, Abbey, 1987-   Cerebral palsied -- United States -- Biography.   Beauty contestants -- United States -- Biography.   Beauty contests -- Illinois -- Kewanee.   People with disabilities -- Biography. ISBN:  9780062363916 (hardcover) 0062363913 (hardcover) Description:  261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library YA -- Nonfiction 362.19683 Curran Cu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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