On this day in Alabama history: Heather Whitestone was born

Miss America Heather Whitestone was born in Dothan. Prior to winning the championship in 1994, Whitestone won the second point in 1992 and 1993 Miss Alabama Beauty Contest. In the second half of that year, she danced at Sandi Patti's "Via Dolorosa" and advertised her incentive program "Successfully Passed Action", then won the Miss America Beauty Contest. Let's make your dreams come true (STARS). She became the first disabled with a crown - lost hearing in 18 months - and used her position to continue promoting STARS. Whitestone also launched a program to diagnose early hearing loss and served as the executive committee of the President 's Disabled Employment Council. After that, she played as a professional at Alabama Ballet.

Heather Whitestone is a fine woman. She is the first disabled Miss America. Whitestone was born in Dothan, Alabama in April 1973. She is a strong, dedicated and respectable person throughout life. Heather Whitestone is a sneaky Miss America, hard-working, determined, nothing prevents her goals. Even in difficult times, her mother always supported her. She urged Whitestone to say, "You can do it, Heather. Yes, you can do!" (Heather Whitestone). Whitestone is the youngest of three sisters. Her mother Daphne Gray is a seventh grade mathematics teacher and her father, Bill Whitestone, is the owner of a furniture store. Whitestone parents divorced and her father moved to Birmingham. At 18 months she had an allergic reaction to the diphtheria - tetanus vaccine, which resulted in high fever and was taken to the hospital (Calahan).

Whitestone was born in Dothan, Alabama. She lost her hearing because of serious ear infections when she was 18 months old. In 4th grade, Heather learned from Alabama the story of a young woman who will change her life forever - Heller became her role model. She could not keep up with her class work and began to be late for her companion. She asked her family to let her go to a special school and ask him to catch up with the other students in the classroom. At the Central Deaf Laboratory in St. Louis, Missouri, she studies the second year of the year. Three years later she caught up with her colleagues, returned to Alabama, and graduated from public high school. The average score is 3.6 (GPA).