heather Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/heather/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png heather Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/heather/ 32 32 Did you know…Heather Whitestone is the first deaf woman to win the Miss America pageant? https://deafniche.com/heatherwhitestone/ Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:40:25 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=9009 Heather Whitestone was born hearing in Alabama, US and lost most of her hearing as an infant. From a young age, she loved ballet and practiced it most of the time growing up. This helped her build confidence and encouraged her to participate in pageants. After experiencing several pageants and winning Miss Alabama, she moved […]

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