Ms. Wheelchair California 2009 : Ms. Wheelchair America 2010, 2nd Runner Up: Ms. Wheelchair America

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Ms. Wheelchair America - 2nd Runner Up!!!

Tonight, I placed in the Top 5 in the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant and received the honor of being chosen as 2nd Runner Up!! My good friend, Erika Bogan (Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina) was crowned the new Ms. Wheelchair America 2010! I am so proud of her!

Each woman deserved the honor, and I am so thankful for this fantastic experience. I have walked away with great memories, amazing friendships, and a new found sense of self due to this program. It will be one I will never forget.

The 4th Runner Up was Ms. Wheelchair Utah, 3rd Runner Up was Ms. Wheelchair Michigan, 2nd Runner Up was Ms. Wheelchair California (me), and 1st Runner Up was Ms. Wheelchair Washington.

Enjoy the pictures!!!

Top 5 (L-R): Ms. Washington, Ms. Michigan, Ms. Utah, Ms. California, and Ms. North Carolina

Me being announced that I received 2nd Runner Up and accepting my plaque and flowers. So happy!

Erika being announced as the next Ms. Wheelchair America!

Michelle Colvard, MWA 2009, and me and the newly crowned Ms. Wheelchair America 2010, Erika Bogan!

Erika asked me to call her friends and family to share the good news with them. I was so excited to be able to share with them that she won Ms. Wheelchair America!

Angela Miller, Ms. Wheelchair DC, won Achievement Award. I was SO proud of her for receiving this honor!!

Interviews immediately afterwards with the documentary crew along with the local public radio stations. This is me with 3rd Runner Up, Ms. Wheelchair Michigan.

1st Runner Up, Ms. Wheelchair Washington, and me, 2nd Runner Up.

Me and my mom! She was so proud of me, and by the end of the week, she became a great photographer!! :)

Me with three of the judges!! What a hard job they had, but I was so thankful to spend this week with them as they learned more about me and my advocacy. I only wish I could have heard their story! :)

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Julie TiemannAugust 30, 2009 at 2:36 AM
Congratulations, Alyson! You look beautiful, and I'm so glad it was such a great experience for you.
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Jo conradAugust 30, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Way to go Allyson. I am so very proud of you. I know your mom is very proud of you also. You look very beautiful. You are truly amazing.

Jo Conrad
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Alyson RothFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Thank you Julie and Jo! I am extremely proud of ALL of my accomplishments, and God has definitely designed everything for a purpose. I was so, so grateful to have my mom there with me that week! I couldn't have done it without her.
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(* Please note that during my reign, my title was underneath the Ms. Wheelchair California pageant with Ruthee Goldkorn as the State Coordinator. Ms. Wheelchair America no longer recognizes her pageant as part of the National program, thus a new Foundation was begun for future title holders to continue spreading advocacy in a positive manner.)

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Alyson Roth, Ms. Wheelchair California 2009, lived in Southern California when she was crowned. In 2000, Alyson was involved in a near-fatal car accident that left her with a spinal cord injury and paralyzed from the waist down. Alyson obtained her BS in Music Education at Samford University, and her MS in Elementary Reading and Literacy from Walden University. While at Samford University, she was successful in establishing a “Disability Awareness Week” where students learned about different disabilities and simulated them in order to understand the barriers that confronted students with disabilities. It brought a new awareness to the campus and became a catalyst for further accessibility within the community. After graduation, she taught music in the public and private school sector before joining Free Wheelchair Mission in 2007. Free Wheelchair Mission is a non-profit organization that distributes wheelchairs to over 80 countries around the world to the poorest people with disabilities.

Alyson continued her advocacy by speaking at both the National Association for Music Education’s National Convention (2004) with her session entitled “Barrier-free Music Education: Concepts of Inclusion” and the National Orff Schulwerk Association National Convention (2005) with her session entitled “Mainstreaming the Process”. These sessions taught other music educators how to turn able-bodied music lessons into lessons that included those children with disabilities in the mainstreamed classroom. She has also written several articles and been published in several magazines regarding disability awareness.

Yosemite National Park is now more wheelchair friendly and ADA compliant due to Alyson’s input while sitting on the Board of Directors. She has assisted Habitat for Humanity to help build a house for a disabled member of the Atlanta inner-city community. To bring more recognition to those with disabilities, Alyson presented the “Ability through Mobility” Award to four recipients around the country for their outstanding work within their community despite their disability. She has traveled to Nicaragua to work at an orphanage for children with disabilities and teach music at a school for the blind. Alyson has also traveled to Mexico to deliver wheelchairs to the country’s poorest people with disabilities and has had the opportunity to collaborate with the former president of Mexico, President Vicente Fox, about the importance of providing wheelchairs to the citizens of Mexico in addition to providing aide and healthcare to everyone.

In her free time, Alyson enjoys providing mentorship for newly injured patients, participating in several outdoor activities including waterskiing, surfing, and swimming. It is Alyson’s desire to educate the public on the truths of having a disability and empower those with a disability to be all they can be in a world full of possibilities.

Ms. Wheelchair California 2009 : Ms. Wheelchair America 2010, 2nd Runner Up

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Ms. Wheelchair America - 2nd Runner Up!!!

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