Heather Whitestone 1995 Miss America talent. Very moving performance, all the more so because of her hearing impairment. Clearly Miss Whitestone never let that hold her back.
I think that people may be missing the point. It isn't the fact that Heather Whitestone was the first deaf Miss America, or that there are better ballet dancers in professional ballet. The point is that she chose that particular song to display to the world her faith in God and her belief in what Jesus Christ did for all of us. If you notice her pose at the end of the song with her costume, you'll see that it represented Jesus on the cross. That's what people should remember!
Obviously she had gone through so many obstacles just to get to the level in ballet she showed in this video. This is a pageant show and it's about all-rounded ladies, not professional ballerinas or singers or pianists. She might not be the best ballerina but definitely deserved the crown.
I remember watching her ballet performance during Miss America 1996, but this is spectacular. You can see how much Regis is in awe after watching this. And I like how she wasn't afraid to display her Christian faith.
She still had very, very vague hearing in her left ear. Just enough to be able to make out a noise from silence, really, is my understanding. Other than that, she just drilled the timing in all of her dance moves. Music can be played very loudly and felt through the floor. Her being able to pull it off so flawlessly at the pageant shows both her own perseverance and a remarkable dance instructor.
One of the most beautiful moments ever at the Miss America Pageants. I will forever remember this 1995 pageant and Heather's performance of Via Dolorosa. Beautiful Job, Heather!!! (tears...)
While some may dare to nitpick that she's not on par with the Bolshoi or the New York City Ballet (and I see some have), she sort of just has something here. A way that makes you just want to watch her move and waif in the wind... See, ballet isn't just about the steps, the technique. There's a heart and soul that's sort of there, that transcends mere execution. It is so beautiful, what she's doing. It doesn't need to be professional 'cause it's just so sweet... --An Instant Fan, Dane Youssef
She actually really has excellent technique, but it’s just a different technique that’s not as popular anymore. This is 70s Cecchetti ballet technique, and the port de bras and epaulment looks really really different to Vaganova technique. For example, the fifth position for arms isn’t as extended, and the elbows are more bent. During chaine turns, the elbows are bent and the arms look almost floppy, but they are supposed to be delicate and demure. There is more fluidity and slightly different lines and turnout is far less important. This is starkly contrast to Russian technique or Balenchine technique where turnout became very popular and now a technical necessity.
@@kristeniver1098 You are clearly an expert Kristen. But tell me, what do you mean by technique in this case? I know that she cannot listen to the music and that is causing problems. But when you consider the position of her hands and legs, her crude transitions, etc. Aren't they problematic?
I watched her in 1995 and even today as I watch it again I get teary-eyed. I haven't remembered many of the talent performances of previous contestants but I NEVER FORGOT hers!!!
OMG!! I remember watching this when it first aired. I loved it!!! I was so captivated by her performance. And I thought the song choice really made her performance even more amazing. Whoever said she won out of sympathy is diluted. She won cuz she was the best. It was truly an awe inspiring moment which is why she got such a lonf ovation. I remember so of the other performances and they were good but again she was the best .
This is the performance that won the title for my home state that year.. She was so amazing.. pageants in the 90's along with everything else were so much more emotional and thought out.. not like pageants of today and anything dealing with entertainment.. if a deaf woman can win a crown.. then it makes me feel that , me with all of my senses can make anything possible.. thank you Miss Whitestone,., and thank GOD I am a 90's child,,,
I honestly don't remember if I ever posted this comment before. But it doesn't matter. I'll never get tired of telling people that I met her once and got to hang out with her for over a half hour.
This performance would likely not be as acceptable today as it is not secular however it was perfectly in line with who she is. Her performance was inspired and moving and deserving of thunderous applause. One of the best overall performances in a pageant that has ever been witnessed.
this was the day that I fell in love with that song. when I got older and learned to play the clarinet I learned how to play this song and played it nearly every easter at church by the request of the church members. I still love this song. I will never be able to listen to it and not get chills.
It's amazing! She's worshiping with all she has, you can see the love on her face...like David dancing before the Lord...I'm so glad she chose that Sandy Patti song....so powerful.. you go girl!! many blassings!! thanks so much for posting this!!
@VTMCompany I disagree completely. Disability or no, Whitestone had the most poise, best talent, was far, far better than anyone in answering her question and completely owned the competition.
I don't even know what made me think of it today, but I was hoping to find it on TH-cam. It's as amazing as I remember it being when I watched it live. Tears.
The best I've ever seen , clearly performance winner and beauty and Yes "Miss America" and someone with a soul as she has should have been Miss World..
I watched this amazing performance back in 1995, it gave me chills and I knew she would win that night. I live in Alabama and I am so proud she represented my home state. She is a classy jewel, natural beauty, and so talented. ❤️🌹
MISS. HEATHER WHITSTONE. 👏 👏 👏. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MAGICAL AND STUNNING DANCE SHE PERFORMED, I CRIED ALL THROUGH THE ORIGINAL AND EVERY TIME I FEEL SAD I WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR INSPIRATION. NO OTHER PERFORMANCE ON ANY PAGEANT WILL EVER TOP THIS! 👏 👏 👏 ❤ 👏 👏 👏
This happened when I was a kid. I remember getting chills down my spine and being so moved by it even then. To watch it again does the same thing. Just wow.
I vividly remember watching this and being so in awe of her. It was the most memorable Miss America talent performance I have ever seen in my lifetime. She deserved every bit of that standing ovation! Truly amazing!
Easily my FAVORITE most memorable moment/performance at miss America! Loved her then, love her now! Remember watching this and thinking: Stop everything, no need to continue.... Just crown her now! This was PERFECTION, and the crowd's reaction proves it!
I still to this day watching that I’m blown away. I met her when she was Miss America on a speaking tour at my University ...... what an awe inspiring moment. What a remarkable person!❤️😊
She is one of my favorite Miss Americas. I never met herI am actually friends with her on Facebook. We chat a lot. I would love to meet her in person maybe someday I will but I love her she is definitely one of my favorite Miss Americas ever she's so beautiful not only on the outside but on the inside as well I remember watching this performance of her on TV what a beautiful talent she has
I totally agree. I think that was the most beautiful ballet performance I have ever seen. She is such a beautiful person and the judges certainly got that one right.
I remember watching this on television as a little girl. I fell asleep before the interview section and my grandmother told me the next morning that Heather Whitestone was deaf. I remember being completely floored by that!!!
O wow she's deaf?? That makes her performance so much more gorgeous. Did she communicate with sign language?? I know weird question, I'm just blown away by her performance☆
@VTMCompany I disagree as well. If you had read her book, you would see that SO many judges in minor competitions didn't even place her, and she lost at becoming Miss Alabama twice! and didn't give up. .... and just to let you know, you don't get standing ovations from crowds who think someone else should win
@binkylee75 I agree - she deserved that 30 second ovation! I don't recall any other MA contestants receiving a 30 second ovation for their talent - she was incredible!
First time I ever "heard" that connection buzzing in room/head was after reading ur book empathizing with kid across room where it came from who's Grandpa had just died recently. I'll always remember your spirit heather whitestone not just your book about your deaf journey. Your voice is AMAZING 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
You are way off with that comparison. She cannot hear like someone with a head cold. I believe at this time she could only hear about 5% of the music played for her performance. You should google some sites that offer samples of what deaf people hear and then you can understand the amount of perseverance it takes for someone with this disability to memorize and synchronize to music.
This is absolutely one of the most brilliant Miss America Performances of ALL time. Heather Whitestone - Beautiful, Poised & such an Enchanting Performance. Her 1st runner up - Cullen Johnson of VA, gave another brilliant performance during the competition playing Piano. I miss true talent at Miss America.. bring it back
That's quite good. Obviously not professional but it's so much better than some dancers I've seen. I love her costume. normally in pageants people have so much spray tan on that they look really unnatural especially if wearing white, but her costume is perfect. It's simple, elegant, and understated.
@mgblue Heather called it a miracle. In her book. That SHE wrote. She also said that without God, none of what she accomplished would have been possible. Yes, She put in hard work. But at this point, you are also calling Heather irrational, because she is a Christian, and said that it was all possible through God.
I know a lot about music, but little about dance...so I can't (and won't) nitpick. What I saw here was beautiful. While she was dancing, I didn't think "this is good for someone hearing impaired", I thought "this is simply beautiful and really emotive."
@ballinagra13 She honestly is such a beautiful dancer. I completely agree with you. I honestly think she's so much more graceful than a lot of the ballet dancers we see on Miss America today.
The greastest performance I've ever seen, I've just known that she has a very great talent. I first saw her picture in book as a presenter of milk after being crowned Miss America 1995 when I was studying at UCONN for my special study and research program in that year. Congrats on your successful life, Heather.
I remember thinking how cool it was to see someone do ballet for their talent-it seems like most of the time they do singing, then piano. Which takes alot of talent & is entertaining to watch, but I just remember really liking that it was something different than what you usually see.
I think Heather is a very talented and sweet person,as well as an inspiration!Ilove Ballet,and this is one of the most beautiful dances,I have ever seen.Thanks so much for posting this!!!!!~~~~~Katie
@mgblue From Listening with my Heaather Whitestone. pg 77 "someone told me Christian music wouldn't win the crown, I'd have to find another song. I thought alot about that. God is very powerful. He made the earth, grass, trees, everthing I love. If God wanted me to be Miss America, he could certainly lead the judges in their decision. So I decided to ignore that comment and use Christian music, first and foremost, I wanted to glorify God through dance." I'll put up a vid of the book if you like
Why are there so many comments on here that have nothing whatsoever to do with the video? Save it for IM. Also, all those people making negative comments about Heather Whitestone are probably jealous that someone with a disability is doing more with her life than they are.
Of course we cannot ecpect Heather's ability to be that of dancers abilities today. Even dancers who could hear perfectly fine were not at par with todays dancers. Even though it hasn't been quite twenty years since, demands for technique and flexiblity have grown tremendously. In the 60's a good penchee would be considered around 100-110 degrees, today a good penchee is 180. I applaud Heather for overcoming her disablity and also on her dancing ability-- disabilty or none.
@mgblue God cares about what we do to praise him. In Heather winning, she was able to share her testimony about being a Christian with millions of people. Now, obviously, you don't care about that. But the original point is that you said she didn't have help, it was all her, but that is your OPINION, not a fact. It is only a fact when stated by the person it happened to.
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I think that people may be missing the point. It isn't the fact that Heather Whitestone was the first deaf Miss America, or that there are better ballet dancers in professional ballet. The point is that she chose that particular song to display to the world her faith in God and her belief in what Jesus Christ did for all of us. If you notice her pose at the end of the song with her costume, you'll see that it represented Jesus on the cross. That's what people should remember!
She had a standing ovation, after her performance. It's very clear she won and deserved the crown.
Heather got a rare standing ovation from the Miss America fans. Totally deserving. Her talent was stellar, but as a person she is solid gold.
Obviously she had gone through so many obstacles just to get to the level in ballet she showed in this video. This is a pageant show and it's about all-rounded ladies, not professional ballerinas or singers or pianists. She might not be the best ballerina but definitely deserved the crown.
Quite simply one of the most memorable and most moving talent performances I have ever seen in this pageant... 20+ years later and I still get chills
One of the most moving and beautiful performances I've ever seen. I still remember it to this day.
I remember watching her ballet performance during Miss America 1996, but this is spectacular. You can see how much Regis is in awe after watching this. And I like how she wasn't afraid to display her Christian faith.
The greatest talent performance in miss America ever
Happy 50th birthday, Heather!
She still had very, very vague hearing in her left ear. Just enough to be able to make out a noise from silence, really, is my understanding. Other than that, she just drilled the timing in all of her dance moves. Music can be played very loudly and felt through the floor. Her being able to pull it off so flawlessly at the pageant shows both her own perseverance and a remarkable dance instructor.
To dance so beautifully with 95% hearing loss
One of the most beautiful moments ever at the Miss America Pageants. I will forever remember this 1995 pageant and Heather's performance of Via Dolorosa. Beautiful Job, Heather!!! (tears...)
While some may dare to nitpick that she's not on par with the Bolshoi or the New York City Ballet (and I see some have), she sort of just has something here. A way that makes you just want to watch her move and waif in the wind... See, ballet isn't just about the steps, the technique. There's a heart and soul that's sort of there, that transcends mere execution. It is so beautiful, what she's doing. It doesn't need to be professional 'cause it's just so sweet...
--An Instant Fan, Dane Youssef
I agree
She actually really has excellent technique, but it’s just a different technique that’s not as popular anymore. This is 70s Cecchetti ballet technique, and the port de bras and epaulment looks really really different to Vaganova technique. For example, the fifth position for arms isn’t as extended, and the elbows are more bent. During chaine turns, the elbows are bent and the arms look almost floppy, but they are supposed to be delicate and demure. There is more fluidity and slightly different lines and turnout is far less important. This is starkly contrast to Russian technique or Balenchine technique where turnout became very popular and now a technical necessity.
@@kristeniver1098 You are clearly an expert Kristen. But tell me, what do you mean by technique in this case? I know that she cannot listen to the music and that is causing problems. But when you consider the position of her hands and legs, her crude transitions, etc. Aren't they problematic?
I watched her in 1995 and even today as I watch it again I get teary-eyed. I haven't remembered many of the talent performances of previous contestants but I NEVER FORGOT hers!!!
OMG!! I remember watching this when it first aired. I loved it!!! I was so captivated by her performance. And I thought the song choice really made her performance
even more amazing. Whoever said she won out of sympathy is diluted. She won cuz she was the best. It was truly an awe inspiring moment which is why she got such a lonf ovation. I remember so of the other performances and they were good but again she was the best .
This is the performance that won the title for my home state that year.. She was so amazing.. pageants in the 90's along with everything else were so much more emotional and thought out.. not like pageants of today and anything dealing with entertainment.. if a deaf woman can win a crown.. then it makes me feel that , me with all of my senses can make anything possible.. thank you Miss Whitestone,., and thank GOD I am a 90's child,,,
I honestly don't remember if I ever posted this comment before.
But it doesn't matter. I'll never get tired of telling people that I met her once and got to hang out with her for over a half hour.
I've watched this COUNTLESS times, and it never ceases to always move me to tears.
To this day I’m blown away by this.
Compelling performance. I still remember the applause she got from the audience. Moving!
Being from Alabama, I remember how proud we were of her! She was so gorgeous that night - both inside and out.
Heather just nailed it! No question about it! This thing was over after this brilliant performance.
One of my favorite things I ever saw in my life! Beautiful!
This performance would likely not be as acceptable today as it is not secular however it was perfectly in line with who she is. Her performance was inspired and moving and deserving of thunderous applause. One of the best overall performances in a pageant that has ever been witnessed.
when i was like 10 watching this on television and living in Alabama.. this really inspired me and made me proud to be an Alabamian..
this was the day that I fell in love with that song. when I got older and learned to play the clarinet I learned how to play this song and played it nearly every easter at church by the request of the church members. I still love this song. I will never be able to listen to it and not get chills.
Good for you! May each time you play this song in your church, may you bring healing to others!
Stunning performance. One of the best I've ever seen at Miss America without a doubt.
I remember watching her performance live and it’s stuck with me all these years. She was the pride of Alabama that night!
It's amazing!
She's worshiping with all she has, you can see the love on her face...like David dancing before the Lord...I'm so glad she chose that Sandy Patti song....so powerful..
you go girl!! many blassings!!
thanks so much for posting this!!
I love that she used her talent to WITNESS TO OTHERS!!! 😍😍😍 Same for Katie Stam, Miss America 2009!
@VTMCompany I disagree completely. Disability or no, Whitestone had the most poise, best talent, was far, far better than anyone in answering her question and completely owned the competition.
Still a beautiful performance in 2022!!
I don't even know what made me think of it today, but I was hoping to find it on TH-cam. It's as amazing as I remember it being when I watched it live. Tears.
This is the greatest ferformance and the most beautiful song.
The best I've ever seen , clearly performance winner and beauty and Yes "Miss America" and someone with a soul as she has should have been Miss World..
Thankful for the tears of joy streaming down my face. If ever there was a moment of undiluted triumph, you just saw it.
I've attended many Miss America Pageants. The applause for her performance was the loudest I have ever heard.
Still gives me chills
I watched this amazing performance back in 1995, it gave me chills and I knew she would win that night. I live in Alabama and I am so proud she represented my home state. She is a classy jewel, natural beauty, and so talented. ❤️🌹
MISS. HEATHER WHITSTONE. 👏 👏 👏. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS MAGICAL AND STUNNING DANCE SHE PERFORMED, I CRIED ALL THROUGH THE ORIGINAL AND EVERY TIME I FEEL SAD I WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR INSPIRATION. NO OTHER PERFORMANCE ON ANY PAGEANT WILL EVER TOP THIS! 👏 👏 👏 ❤ 👏 👏 👏
I still get chills when I watch this performance!!!
This happened when I was a kid. I remember getting chills down my spine and being so moved by it even then. To watch it again does the same thing. Just wow.
What a beautiful performance!
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL and BEAUTIFUL ❤️❤️❤️
I vividly remember watching this and being so in awe of her. It was the most memorable Miss America talent performance I have ever seen in my lifetime. She deserved every bit of that standing ovation! Truly amazing!
WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE!!! 💗Heather is a very brilliant and shinning Miss America 1995!!!🌟
I got to meet her in person this past week....she is an AWESOME person.
After all these years, this talent performance is the one that gave me goose bumps, in absolute awe and in tears all at the same time.
Easily my FAVORITE most memorable moment/performance at miss America! Loved her then, love her now! Remember watching this and thinking:
Stop everything, no need to continue.... Just crown her now! This was PERFECTION, and the crowd's reaction proves it!
I will never forget first watching this beautiful beautiful performance years ago. I have never forgotten it.
I still to this day watching that I’m blown away. I met her when she was Miss America on a speaking tour at my University ...... what an awe inspiring moment. What a remarkable person!❤️😊
I read in her mother's book that apparently Sandi Patty sent Heather a telegram telling her how moved she was by Heather's performance to her song.
She is one of my favorite Miss Americas. I never met herI am actually friends with her on Facebook. We chat a lot. I would love to meet her in person maybe someday I will but I love her she is definitely one of my favorite Miss Americas ever she's so beautiful not only on the outside but on the inside as well I remember watching this performance of her on TV what a beautiful talent she has
I totally agree. I think that was the most beautiful ballet performance I have ever seen.
She is such a beautiful person and the judges certainly got that one right.
I remember watching this on television as a little girl. I fell asleep before the interview section and my grandmother told me the next morning that Heather Whitestone was deaf. I remember being completely floored by that!!!
When you watch her, you completely forget that she is a Deaf person and she just knows...amazing
O wow she's deaf?? That makes her performance so much more gorgeous. Did she communicate with sign language?? I know weird question, I'm just blown away by her performance☆
Ashley Jason Actually, she knows sign language but prefers to speak and read lips.
@@takenoprisoners837 she wore hearing aids most of her life. She became implanted with cochlear implants in the 2000s. 😀❤🙏
@VTMCompany I disagree as well. If you had read her book, you would see that SO many judges in minor competitions didn't even place her, and she lost at becoming Miss Alabama twice! and didn't give up. .... and just to let you know, you don't get standing ovations from crowds who think someone else should win
Happy Birthday to my old friend, Heather Whitestone.
I remember watching this 30 years ago - and it still brings a lump to my throat!
@binkylee75 I agree - she deserved that 30 second ovation! I don't recall any other MA contestants receiving a 30 second ovation for their talent - she was incredible!
First time I ever "heard" that connection buzzing in room/head was after reading ur book empathizing with kid across room where it came from who's Grandpa had just died recently. I'll always remember your spirit heather whitestone not just your book about your deaf journey. Your voice is AMAZING 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
It's amazing because if no one said she was deaf, I wouldn't have known it.
she's so beautiful! A wonderful and moving performance. Go Heather!
You are way off with that comparison. She cannot hear like someone with a head cold. I believe at this time she could only hear about 5% of the music played for her performance. You should google some sites that offer samples of what deaf people hear and then you can understand the amount of perseverance it takes for someone with this disability to memorize and synchronize to music.
This is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen! So inspiring and beautiful! I want it all the time!
This is absolutely one of the most brilliant Miss America Performances of ALL time. Heather Whitestone - Beautiful, Poised & such an Enchanting Performance. Her 1st runner up - Cullen Johnson of VA, gave another brilliant performance during the competition playing Piano. I miss true talent at Miss America.. bring it back
The person I feel sorry for the most is Miss Mississippi 😕 she had to follow her in talent. Everybody probably wasn't paying much attention to it😶
I luv her and I think she was beautiful en pointe with so much emotion!!
Stunning. She is just magical. Great beauty inside and outside lovely
Amazing song choice!
she was wonderful.
That was beautiful, she is a very talented dancer☆
That's quite good. Obviously not professional but it's so much better than some dancers I've seen. I love her costume. normally in pageants people have so much spray tan on that they look really unnatural especially if wearing white, but her costume is perfect. It's simple, elegant, and understated.
I would have loved to have been in Boardwalk Hall that night to see the crowds reaction
Lovely in every way ~
@mgblue Heather called it a miracle. In her book. That SHE wrote. She also said that without God, none of what she accomplished would have been possible. Yes, She put in hard work. But at this point, you are also calling Heather irrational, because she is a Christian, and said that it was all possible through God.
Blessed us all. Beautiful.
I loved it.
I know a lot about music, but little about dance...so I can't (and won't) nitpick. What I saw here was beautiful. While she was dancing, I didn't think "this is good for someone hearing impaired", I thought "this is simply beautiful and really emotive."
Sooo Beautiful in more than one way!!! How beautifully she exemplified her faith in Christ throught the wonderful talent God gave her!
@ballinagra13 She honestly is such a beautiful dancer. I completely agree with you. I honestly think she's so much more graceful than a lot of the ballet dancers we see on Miss America today.
The greastest performance I've ever seen, I've just known that she has a very great talent. I first saw her picture in book as a presenter of milk after being crowned Miss America 1995 when I was studying at UCONN for my special study and research program in that year. Congrats on your successful life, Heather.
She was deaf at that time, havibg to feel the vibrations from the music. She has had cochlear implants since then
Smooth and flowing as liquid gold. Enthralling as any Grand Canyon or Niagra Falls could ever be.
A beautiful JSU-- Alabama girl with so much grace, charm and talent, this is a true all american Miss American girl.
Congratulations.
Yes I was a student at JSU @ that time, I remeber watching at the campus n the students just going wild watching it! 👏🏻❤️💯
I can see why she won Miss America!
I love this song, and Heather’s performance is so poignant. ❤️🎶🩰
I remember thinking how cool it was to see someone do ballet for their talent-it seems like most of the time they do singing, then piano. Which takes alot of talent & is entertaining to watch, but I just remember really liking that it was something different than what you usually see.
I've seen several contestants perform Ballet! One Miss America played the violin in the Talent Competition, and another played the xylophone!
Watching this performance tonight is as breathtaking as it was in '95....she was absolutely AMAZING!!!
she is SSSOOO AMAZING! this song is my pointe recital dance this year. =)
I think Heather is a very talented and sweet person,as well as an inspiration!Ilove Ballet,and this is one of the most beautiful dances,I have ever seen.Thanks so much for posting this!!!!!~~~~~Katie
God you are great!!!!
I think this is my favorite performance of anything ever - thanx 4 the inspiration. Read It 4 Yourself - Go 2 The Teacher.
nice performance!!!
I remember seeing this when I was five.
@mgblue From Listening with my Heaather Whitestone. pg 77 "someone told me Christian music wouldn't win the crown, I'd have to find another song. I thought alot about that. God is very powerful. He made the earth, grass, trees, everthing I love. If God wanted me to be Miss America, he could certainly lead the judges in their decision. So I decided to ignore that comment and use Christian music, first and foremost, I wanted to glorify God through dance." I'll put up a vid of the book if you like
Why are there so many comments on here that have nothing whatsoever to do with the video? Save it for IM. Also, all those people making negative comments about Heather Whitestone are probably jealous that someone with a disability is doing more with her life than they are.
I’ll always love this,,,I might be wrong but I believe she’s also deaf ❤
WOW!!
Did you know that that is my teachers (Mrs gomillion's)younger sister!?!?
Of course we cannot ecpect Heather's ability to be that of dancers abilities today. Even dancers who could hear perfectly fine were not at par with todays dancers. Even though it hasn't been quite twenty years since, demands for technique and flexiblity have grown tremendously. In the 60's a good penchee would be considered around 100-110 degrees, today a good penchee is 180. I applaud Heather for overcoming her disablity and also on her dancing ability-- disabilty or none.
@mgblue God cares about what we do to praise him. In Heather winning, she was able to share her testimony about being a Christian with millions of people. Now, obviously, you don't care about that. But the original point is that you said she didn't have help, it was all her, but that is your OPINION, not a fact. It is only a fact when stated by the person it happened to.
the miss america system must really like this song. 2009 miss america sang this for her talent