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“Accomplishment begins with two words, I’ll try”. This quote that Abbey Nicole Curran once said is saying that there is no possible way of succeeding if you don’t take the shot at trying. The quote is about trying, because if you don’t there is no way of succeeding. Abbey Nicole Curran tried her best to become a pageant girl even though she had cerebral palsy. Abbey was an important and influential figure in history that had a positive impact on the world because she encouraged many other young girls, who had a dream but had a disability, to try their best and eventually be able to accomplish their goals. I can relate to this situation because my cousin had mixed cerebral palsy, she was in a wheelchair and she couldn’t talk she only made noises. She wanted to be in a beauty pageant, that’s why I chose Abbey Nicole Curran. Later on, my cousin passed at 12 years old from a brain blackout.
Abbey was born July 28, 1988. She was born in Kewanee, Illinois. Her parents’ names are Mike and Katie Curran. Abbey was raised on a hog farm in Illinois. Abbey went to high school at Kewanee High School. For college she went to St. Ambrose University. Mike, Abbey’s father, was a farmer for the hog farm. Katie, Abbey’s mother, was a nurse. When Abbey was growing up on the farm, she always watched beauty pageant shows, she even got a pencil and paper and ‘judged’ the contestants with her mom and grandmother. One day in high school she saw a flyer for a contest, a beauty pageant. Her teacher told her not to even try because there was no point. That made her want to do it more just to prove her wrong. She competed but lost, the next year she competed again and won. Every time people doubt her and her goals, she is encouraged to prove them wrong and even conquer more of her goals to. Now she is a person to never give up, just like in high school. She’s motivated by the words ‘you can’t’, then she proves them wrong.
Her high school teacher is the person who made her who she is today. Her teacher said: “Be realistic, you can’t do that”. Abbey was motivated by those words just so she can prove her teacher wrong. Her first pageant changed her life, she didn’t win the first one, but since she didn’t, she was more motivated to win the next one. She did win her second pageant, she started going in pageants regularly. When she first started the pageant, she got noticed by a lot of people because she was the first disabled girl to compete in a pageant. She was even the first disabled girl to win a pageant. She got in the top ten for the first competition. She just changed her outfit and worked on walking better for her next pageant. Abbey always wanted to be in a pageant when she was younger, she always watched pageant shows, therefore when she got older, she already knew the rules and how to fairly judge someone. She did not really need to overcome who she was because she knew that she was already perfectly fine.
When Abbey got a bit older, she started a campaign for younger disabled girls to pursue their dreams. She inspired so many children and even adults. She taught many others that with hard work, dedication, and positivity you can accomplish anything. After her first pageant she’s gotten the confidence to win more pageants. She won Miss Iowa in 2008, which made her the very first disabled person to ever win a pageant.
Her most difficult problem to get through was to conquer a beauty pageant with cerebral palsy. It was very difficult for her to walk on stage, so she has an escort, someone to help her along the way. The escort pretty much was holding her up so she could balance and walk easier. Another problem she had was all the hate, disbelief, and negativity from everyone else. Not a lot of people believed in her let alone believed she could win a beauty pageant, or even participate. Instead of letting all of the negativity get to her she just ignored it and kept going. The only belief and positivity she needed was her own. She believed in herself so much and was so determined to prove all of those negative people wrong that she won quite a few pageants. She didn’t even let her disability get in her way.
Abbey inspired so many young children and even adults to just give it a shot, anything can happen if you just try your best and be positive and believe in yourself. Abbey is such a great influential person. She influences many people around the world. Many more people were inspired by Abbey that they pursued their dreams. Abbey is like a hero to many young disabled children. After she won more pageants, everyone was surprised because she was the first ever disabled person to join a pageant. People were skeptical to let her be in the pageant but now they’ll no longer judge one because of a disability since Abbey proved them that disabled people can do the same things to.
Abbey was a very generous, funny, positive girl. She believed you could do anything if you set your mind to it. She was always so upbeat and happy about everything, even with the things she was going through, she was so confident that she wanted to prove all those mean people wrong.
I feel like if I was always as self-confident as Abbey, I wouldn’t think that I’m fat or ugly, and I wouldn’t take all those hateful words from everyone else. If I was as positive as her, I would always think the best out of things not the worst. If I believed in myself, I would be able to succeed in a lot more things. If I had her mind set or a similar personality, I would be able to brush off the hateful words and keep the good ones in mind.
I chose to write my essay about Abbey Nicole Curran because I had a cousin and she had severe cerebral palsy. She couldn’t talk very well, she also had to sit in a wheelchair. One day she told us all about her dream the night before. She dreamed that she was in a beauty pageant and that she won. Ever since then she wanted to be in a beauty pageant. Later on, she ended up having a brain blackout and passing away at the age of twelve. So, Abbey reminded me of my cousin and what she could’ve been.
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