Allison Appleby Won Miss Dallas Teen with Her Service Dog Brady At Her Side

The pageant winner, 17, opened up about her experience competing for the Miss Dallas Teen USA crown in an Instagram post on Tuesday, writing that she attended her first pageant competition “with the intentions of having fun andadvocating for other girls with disabilities.”

“Me? A princess? SHUT UP! Seriously though, I’m still in shock. I am officially Miss Dallas Teen 2022” she wrote in the caption.

She expressed that when she first signed up for this pageant, a random stranger told her “you can’t do that, you have a service dog. Pageant girls don’t have disabilities!”

According to4 Paws for Ability, a nonprofit that breeds and trains service animals, dogs can detect chemical changes in the body of a personjust about to go into a seizure. If they sense a seizure is coming, they will bark to get the attention of someone who can help.

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Next stop for Miss Dallas Teen USA and her trusted companion isMiss Texas Teen USA, which will be held May 26 to 28, 2023 in Houston.

source: people.com