Christiansburg grandmother tries again for pageant title

Ms. Virginia Senior America Pageant contestant Diane Yopp, 62, says life should be lived to the fullest.

By Donna Alvis-Banks
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CHRISTIANSBURG -- Diane Yopp says she's at that age where her brain says, "Go, go, go!"

But her body says, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"My brain doesn't think I'm 62, but my body tells me I am," she said.

The arthritis in her hands and feet isn't stopping this grandmother of five from giving the Ms. Virginia Senior America Pageant another shot.

"She decided she would do it one more time," said Wendy Pinhey, a former contestant and organizer of this year's pageant. Pinhey said the pageant, for women 60 and older, promotes the message that aging is not something to be feared.

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