The newest Miss Iowa has been named and she only has one
arm.
Nicole Kelly took the crown Saturday after a 3-day
competition in Davenport, Iowa. She will go on to compete for the Miss America
crown in September.
Kelly, 23, hails from the Hawkeye State town of Keokuk. She
intends to use the coveted platform of the Miss America competition to discuss
overcoming disabilities.
As I grew up I learned to counterbalance the initial stares
I received from people with an outgoing personality that would not give into
"no,”’ writes Kelly in her official Miss Iowa biography. ‘This means that
I tried everything. Photos after cut
‘From baseball, to dance, to diving - there is nothing I
would not try. I found my passion within a world where I was giving people
permission to stare: the stage.’
Kelly took her passion to the next level when she enrolled
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and began studying theatre.
The young beauty graduated in May 2012 and now hopes for a
career as a Broadway stage manager.
Despite her obvious strength and initiative, Kelly’s new
role as Miss Iowa is as big a surprise to her as it is to anyone.
‘If you would have told me a year ago that "pageant
queen" was in my future I would have laughed,’ she writes. ‘So maybe I
didn't see this path coming my direction, but now that I am here I can see it
is a perfect fit and I feel so blessed to have been surrounded by people who
have encouraged my steps.’
congrats to her
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