Phil Jamison

THE MISS YOU CAN DO IT PAGEANT

Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson, former Miss America 1989, will host this year’s 2016 Miss You Can Do It pageant. This is a pageant for girls ages 4 to mid-20’s with disabilities, special needs and challenges. Abby Curran, who competed in the 2008 Miss USA pageant representing Iowa, is the first ever contestant to compete in a national beauty pageant with a disability. Abby has been chairperson of the Miss You Can Do It committee for the past 13 years. She is the inspiration behind the Miss You Can Do It pageant which features young ladies from all over the country. Any girl who enters gets to be on stage and have a moment in the spot light. Find out more by watching the video. Then share this page on your social media.

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