The Falls hosts Ms Wheelchair USA Pageant

A local resident of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio is vying for the title of Ms. Wheelchair USA in the competition that will take place in her hometown.
(If you ask me she has an unfair hometown advantage and if she wins.... It was rigged! Rollin right along....)

Seriously, Mona Johansson, won the title of Ms. Wheelchair Ohio in May and now will compete for the first-ever national title in events held in Cuyahoga Falls Aug. 7-9.

(Anyone find it ironic that they have a wheelchair pageant in a town called Falls??)

Johansson, 49, was born with cerebral palsy and has used a wheelchair since undergoing 18 back surgeries. When the state competition started up again three years ago after a seven-year hiatus, she decided to become involved.
(Nothing funny here, keep reading.)

“I wanted to show people that not only ‘normal’ ladies can be in a pageant,” she said. “When I was younger, I would watch the pageants on TV and think to myself, ‘If they had a pageant for women in wheelchairs, I’d be there.’ And now I am.”

(Hey look, people in wheelchairs think pageant girls are normal!!!)

The North High School graduate said she hopes her participation in the event highlights what people in wheelchairs are able to do. “I want people to not feel sorry for me and to look at me as a person, not look at my wheelchair,” Johansson said.

Should be a great pageant. I think its gonna be fun to watch them come down the stairs in evening gown. Which gives me another great idea! Why don't we add a hurdle in the center of the stage for Miss America evening gown competition? Oh and instead of a track-n-field hurdle we can just get WeeMan from Jackass to lay in the middle of the stage and they can all hurdle a little person. Now thats entertaining TV!

Wait, another serious question has come to mind... When you are backstage at a wheelchair pageant is it really appropriate to say "Break a leg" when offering thoughts of good luck?

Oh well, Mona you just go out there and get ya roll on and do your best!