Madeline Delp opens up to Glamour about finding a formal gown that works with her disability, dealing with bladder incontinence on stage, and competing for the crown this weekend at the Miss North Carolina USA pageant, the last step before making it to Miss USA 2020.
I was about seven or eight when Miss Congeniality came out and I loved that movie. But as soon as I saw a glammed-up Sandra Bullock take the stage, I knew I could never do anything like that—beauty pageants weren’t for girls like me. And that was before the accident that left me in a wheelchair.
In my late teens I firmly decided that I didn’t want to be that person anymore. I may not be able to walk, but I wanted to find something inside myself that was stronger than all the reasons I had to be negative. So I started trying to push myself in new ways. One day someone told me about the Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina pageant. I thought, You know what? This is a challenge that places me so much out of my comfort zone, I’m just going to see what happens.
Still, I wanted to prove to that little girl—and myself—that people like us can be Miss USA. That I can be an example. That’s exactly what I’m hoping to do this weekend—my second go-around at the Miss North Carolina USA pageant. During the past year I’ve been prepping to earn the title. I’ve been working with a designer on a gown that incorporates my wheelchair. I’ve been working with a trainer to feel strong and confident. And I’m working to manage my incontinence.
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