HK: Pageant Contestant Who Has Down Syndrome

Alyssa Patrias just competed in a Miss Michigan preliminary pageant and she accomplished something that had never been done before in the process. The 20 year old has Down syndrome and she became the first woman in the state with it to compete in one of those pageants.

The only stipulation from the Miss America pageant that they oversee at the Miss Michigan pageant was that Alyssa would compete in each event and not receive any special treatment. The young lady didn’t take home the big crown, but she was a favorite with the crowd and the other contestants, who voted her Miss Congeniality!

Alyssa’s mom says: “She may not be as poised or have the grace that the other girls have, but she went up there and gave it her all. That’s all I can ask for. She was proof—it may not have been perfect—but she still did it.”

#HumbleAndKind

~ Ryan