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Heather Whitestone by Lauren Lynch.

Heather Whitestone by Lauren Lynch. biography.

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Heather Whitestone by Lauren Lynch.

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  1. Heather Whitestoneby Lauren Lynch.

  2. biography Heather was born in Dothan, Alabama on February 24, 1973. When she was eighteen months old, she came down with influenza and became deaf. Her doctor told her mother, Ms. Gray, that Heather would not make it past the third grade. Her mother then was determined for her daughter to learn how to speak. She enrolled Heather in dance classes, hoping that learning rhythm would help her learn speech. Because of this emphasis on speech, Heather did not learn American Sign Language until her senior year in high school. Despite the challenges she faced because of her hearing loss, Heather kept a positive and optimistic attitude throughout her childhood and into her adulthood.

  3. "For with God nothing shall be impossible." Luke 1:37 • Often, people would ask Heather what it felt like to hear the Regis Philbin say, "and Miss America 1995 is... Heather Whitestone!" Heather laughs and says, "I never heard it." • Heather has always believed that the biggest handicap is negative thinking and that people handicap themselves by concentrating only on the negative instead of the positive.

  4. Married John A. McCallum on June 8, 1996 • Met during her reign • Visit to Speaker of the House Mother of two boys • John and James Live in Atlanta, Georgia

  5. In the 1995 Miss America pageant, Heather was Miss Alabama, and was crowned Miss America. • “After I graduated, I entered—and lost—the 1992 Miss Deaf America contest. I was crowned Miss America three years later, but it didn't get any easier to straddle both worlds. Deaf activists criticized me for speaking instead of signing. That hurt me badly. And the job stress was intense. I traveled 20,000 miles a month as Miss America, with only one day off. It was exhausting, and I have to admit that my deafness made things harder.”

  6. More Info • Treated with 2 types of antibiotics • After the combination of these, she was left completely deaf in her right ear, and had a 95% hearing loss in the left ear.

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