The new Miss California Extraordinaire Pageant, which aims to give 'contestants with disabilities an experience of a lifetime,' launches in July.
competition is open to young girls and women up to 21 years old. Some of the contestants are even pre-school age.The founder is a former beauty queen who carried the title of Ms. U.S. 2022. Bree Goelze is also a mom, wife and speech pathology assistant who works with neurodiverse children.
"Society sees a wheelchair; society sees a handicap, a disability," Goelze continued,"and this pageant is going to allow our society to see what’s under all of this.”Remilia Joy Massella, 4, is one of the contestants. Her mother, Kirsten Massella, entered her daughter living with cerebral palsy as a way to show her self-expression in the pageant.
Contestants will have the opportunity to have their hair and makeup done by local community professionals.
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