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Newly crowned Miss Dallas Teen 2022 Alison Appleby not lone won her archetypal pageant, but she did it with her beloved work canine successful grooming by her side.
Miss USA 2022 Winner Addresses "RIGGED" Pageant Claims
Can we get a circular of a-paws for this dynamic duo?
On Oct. 9, Alison Appleby, a 17-year-old miss from Sherman, Tex., won the Miss Dallas Teen USA 2022 pageant with her work dog in training, Brady, by her side. And successful summation to Alison receiving a crown, the aureate retriever did too!
This marked the archetypal clip the teen, who has epilepsy, had adjacent entered a pageant. "Me? A princess? SHUT UP!" Alison wrote connected Instagram after her victory. "Seriously though, I'm inactive successful shock. I americium officially Miss Dallas Teen 2022. I attended with the intentions of having amusive and advocating for different girls with disabilities. Now I americium blessed to person galore much opportunities to bash so!"
She continued, "When I signed up for this pageant, a random alien told maine 'you cant bash that, you person a work dog. Pageant girls don't person disabilities!' Well, present we are!"
According to her local TV station KTEN, the pageant victor was diagnosed with epilepsy 2 years agone and Brady assists by alerting her to oncoming seizures. He is presently training to beryllium capable to fetch her medication.
Beth Appleby, Alison's mother, told the presumption she "wasn't nervous" astir her girl entering the pageant "because she has Brady, who takes bully attraction of her."
And some the caller Miss Dallas Teen 2022 and her pup volition study for pageant work again successful May when the 2 are acceptable to caput to Houston, wherever Alison volition vie successful the Miss Texas Teen USA 2023 competition.
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