Mrs. WV America was crowned this past weekend at Huntington's very own Pullman Plaza hotel. It was a small-ish affair with only 5 candidates but, man, they were five amazing women. The youngest was 24. The oldest was 47!
As one of three judges I was really torn. One of the ladies was a childbirth educator, a post-natal doula and a 'regisitered' feminist (in a beauty pageant?!) who breastfed her twin babies. One of her pix for the program even shows one of her babies nursin gin a family portrait! Another amazing woman had a 7 month old daughter AND a 17 month old! She had gained so much weight from back to back pregnancies and having been on bedrest very early on in both. And here she was in a SWIMSUIT on a STAGE!!! There were three other women, all of them spectacular representatives of the upstanding and devoted women of WV.
The task was not easy, but we made our decision. The momma of the two baby girls won. She was so proud of herself, and she should be! She has done so much to get back in shape and to raise her two girls, with the help of family and friends, of course!
Congratulations and Good Luck at Mrs. America, Andrea!
I think you meant "nursing in" instead of "nursin gin" - then again - it was a WV pageant!!! :)
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