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Ms. Wheelchair Iowa, 2009 Asks for Your Support
Ms. Wheelchair Iowa 2009, Angie Plager has asked for your assistance in raising awareness to the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant. A documentary entitled, Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America has been selected as a finalist in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge for the month of May. The film is in the running for $25,000. The funds would be used to finish the project and bring the documentary to reality. The following is a message from Ms. Plager. Please take a moment and vote. The deadline is May 31, 2010.
Over the last two years Defining Media LLC has been producing the documentary Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America. The team is now heading into the final stages of post-production for the documentary and has been selected as a finalist in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge for the month of May. They’re in the running for $25,000 in finishing funds that will be the needed financial push to bring this film to reality – bringing all the important messages that Ms. Wheelchair America stands for to the greater public.
This is the final week of the Pepsi Challenge and they/we need your help. Right now DEFINING BEAUTY is ranked 117th, they need to drop to the top 10 to win. In the first week they joined the challenge they went from 224th to 80th in three days so I really believe that they can get into the top 10, but only if all our contacts are tapped.
First, please register and vote here:
Then, VOTE EVERY DAY until May 31st.
Finally, please send this e-mail to all those that you think are in support of advocacy and change for the disabled and able bodied communities across the United States.
As a former title holder of Ms. Wheelchair Iowa 2009, and as an individual who is actually featured in this documentary film; I ask that you vote on my behalf. I would enjoy seeing all our hard work of raising awareness come to fruition.
Thank you in advance for your help and support.
Angie Plager
Ms. Plager, of Cambridge, Iowa was crowned Ms. Wheelchair Iowa 2009. She graduated from Ballard Community High School in May 2001, and attended Des Moines Area Community College (D.M.A.C.C.) from August 2001 through May 2003. In August 2003, she was involved in a motor vehicle accident, leaving her a quadriplegic. After one year of recovery and extensive physical therapy, Angie returned to D.M.A.C.C. and completed her degrees in Liberal Arts and Business Entrepreneurship, graduating in May 2006.
Currently, Plager is the president of Spinal Cord Injury Association of Iowa; the co-director of the drama ministry where she teaches children at her church; a Cambridge Jubilee Committee member and Cambridge parade director; and public and inspirational speaker.
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