Saturday, April 12, 2008

Beating The Odds: Beauty Queen With Cerebral Palsy


LAS VEGAS (CBS) ― The Miss USA pageant gets underway Friday night in Las Vegas, and while it's a dream come true for all the contestants, it's a heroic accomplishment for one participant in particular.

Miss Iowa, 20-year-old Abbey Curran, made it a longtime goal of hers to compete in a pageant that some may have thought would never be possible.

"This is such a dream come true, bigger than a dream come true would be," she says.

It's a dream that's bigger for Curran because the college sophomore has cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder than affects muscle movement and body control. She is the first person born with a disability to compete in a Miss USA contest.

It's been a dream of hers since she can remember.

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