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Last minute instructions before the swimsuit portion of the competition
(Francis Miller. 1963)
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Nursina Galieva is a 27 year old wheelchair dancer and model from Moscow, the Russian capital.
She was born with spina bifida myelomeningocele. This is a condition in which there grows a malformation in the spine during pregnancy that causes damage to various parts of the spinal column, including the spinal cord. It can range from mild to severe, depending on the shape, size, and location of the malformation. In Nursina’s case, the spinal cord became completely severed. Because of this she never had any feeling in her legs and she has been paralyzed from the waist down for all her life.
Nursina always had a very positive outlook on life and she’s always been known for her spontaneous and outgoing character. As a child, she had lots of friends with whom she loved to play and hang out with. As Nursina grew older she also developed a growing interest for music, and at parties she was never shy to dance along with everyone else.
In 2011, a friend suggested that Nursina should try the sport of wheelchair dancing. “Right away I understood that I wanted to take it up. Everything came together for me, and I found a partner practically right away.” It didn’t take long before she decided to start dancing competively and she now dances in tournaments throughout Russia and Europe. Her biggest achievement as of today was winning a bronze medal at the 2019 World Dancing Championships in Bonn, Germany.
While dancing always comes first for Nursina she also loves fashion, modeling and photography. She was crowned Miss Independence in 2013 and won the “Pearl of Tatarstan” beauty contest, held in the Russian city of Kazan!
Besides all this, Nursina loves to play pool, swimming, going to the beach or go on road trips with her car. She is also an avid traveler and doesn’t shy back for the more extreme activities like skydiving, which she has already done for three times!
ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL 2014 | Documentary Feature
Miss You Can Do It
For Young Audiences
In Partnership with the Loreen Arbus Foundation
One weekend a year, the Illinois town of Kewanee turns into a place of celebration and delight, as the annual Miss You Can Do It pageant spotlights young girls with disabilities from around the country. The first Miss USA contestant to compete with a disability, Abbey Curran started the pageant in 2004 to offer girls the opportunity to be celebrated for their inner beauty and spirit.
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2014, 12PM
Location: Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall
Director Ron Davis will join the audience for a discussion following the film.
* This screening is FREE to the public, however a ticket is required for entry*
Participants of Northern Aurora 2015 plus-size beauty pageant! We had such a blast shooting this photoset!
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First photos from our latest photoset for plus-size beauty pageant “Northern Aurora 2015”! This year the contestants are so awesome!!! Stay tuned :)
Models: Alexandra Bulavochka and Maria Ivanova, photography: Ilya Fedorov
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Meet Anita Green, the first openly transgender pageant contestant to compete in Miss Montana USA
On Saturday, Anita Green will make history.When she competes in the Miss Montana USA pageant, which is a qualifier for Miss USA this weekend, Green will be the first-ever openly transgender contestant to compete for the crown in Montana.There has only been just one woman like her before: Kylan Arianna Wenzel, who made history by being the first trans woman to compete on a state level for Miss USA in California in 2013. And that came only after Donald Trump, who used to own Miss Universe Organization, which oversees Miss USA, changed the rule that had previously made trans contestants ineligible. Read more.Post link
Not low poly, but modeling related: My mom won 1st place in a Ms America Senior beauty pageant this past Saturday!
She obviously doesn’t look it, but she is older than 60 years old ;)
-Mark
