Miss Australia - Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Miss Australia - Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Miss Australia - Cerebral Palsy Alliance
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18<br />
Sheona<br />
Downs<br />
<strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> 1990<br />
Rebecca Noble<br />
<strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> Charity Queen<br />
Sheona Downs<br />
Karen<br />
Milner<br />
<strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> 1991<br />
Helena Wayth<br />
<strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> Charity Queen<br />
Karen Milner<br />
The Nineties<br />
Changing Times<br />
In 1199<br />
992, 2, tthe<br />
he MMis<br />
iss s Au Aust stra rali l a Qu Ques est t was changed d to the <strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Australia</strong><br />
Aw Awar ards ds tto<br />
o re refle flect ct mmore<br />
closely l y th the e at atti titu t des, achiev vements and aspirations<br />
of you oung ng A<strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
womanh nhoo ood an a d attracted d renewed appreciation<br />
fo for r th their skills, talents s an and contribution on to o community<br />
life. The trappings<br />
tr trad aditionally associat ated ed with beauty con ontests such as the sceptre,<br />
sashes and crowns were relegated to the archiives.<br />
in 1993 –<br />
Joanne Dick was th the e fir first st <strong>Miss</strong><br />
Aust stralia to t be awarded a a title<br />
and not crowned.<br />
The <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>Cerebral</strong> <strong>Palsy</strong> Association re ecognised that<br />
a major barrier to the rights of people with dissabilities<br />
lies in<br />
community attitudes.<br />
Every effort was as mmad<br />
ade e to t creat a e public awareness,<br />
acceptance<br />
and understand nding of peo eople e with cerebral palsy as contributing<br />
members of the community.<br />
Li Like eac ach h and every y <strong>Miss</strong> <strong>Australia</strong><br />
en entrant, people wi with disabilitie ies s ar are e people with hopes, dreams<br />
an and aspiration ons. s The he Quest st ddid<br />
id not ot represent an inddividual<br />
image,<br />
bu b t ra rath ther er it symboliz ized ed a ccom<br />
ombi bine ned d concept of<br />
participation,<br />
st s ri rivi v ng, helping and d ac achi hiev evem emen ent. This s is wha h t ea ach entrant did<br />
wh when she entered MMis<br />
iss s Au Aust s rali l a. a<br />
Me M n en e te t red in the he MMis<br />
iss s Au A stralia Awards. In 1993, Damien<br />
Ta Taylor, , a Gold Coast hot otel el ppor<br />
orte t r be b came the first<br />
man to win<br />
the Wi Wintersun Quest, a tradi diti tional stepping stone to the national<br />
award. In n 1997 97, , Vi V ctorian Brad a Rogers had a separa ate title created<br />
for him m (“Na Nati tion onal a Fundraiser”) when he scooped d the award for<br />
fundraising.<br />
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