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Congratulations!
Kristen Connors
Ms. Wheelchair
America 2006
Kristen Connors was crowned Ms.
Wheelchair America 2006 in Albany, NY on Saturday, July 23rd, 2005.
Kristen, 33, is from Cranston, Rhode
Island and uses a wheelchair because of spinal muscular dystrophy.
Kristen was crowned the new titleholder
after a week long competition in Albany, with women between the ages of
21 and 60, who use wheelchairs for mobility.
This year the occupations of these
women varied from artist & writer, college graduate, wife and mother,
retired federal employee, business owner, employment counselor,
paralegal, administrative assistant, auto underwriter, project manager,
computer analyst, secretary, congressional caseworker, special education
coordinator, and career coach.
Disabilities ranged from cerebral
palsy, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis,
spinal muscular atrophy, car accidents, caudal regression, spina bifida,
polio, and congenital malformation.
I want to congratulate each and every
woman who participated in this year’s event. And I know you enjoyed your
week, plus we left Albany with many new friends to share memories that
will last a lifetime.
Next year the pageant will be held in
Little Rock, Arkansas.
The goal of Dreams, Inc. is to
get all states represented. If you have contacts in the following
states, please let me know so eventually we will have all the states.
States not represented in Albany:
| Wyoming |
New Hampshire |
Delaware |
| Vermont |
Nevada |
Connecticut |
| Oregon |
Montana |
Alaska |
| North Dakota |
Mississippi |
Oklahoma |
| New Mexico |
Idaho |
Nebraska |
| New Jersey |
Hawaii |
Indiana |
| West Virginia |
South Carolina |
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Congratulations once again to Kristen.
May your year be filled with the best the world has to offer.
Judy Hoit
Dreams, Inc. |
