Life for a beauty queen is supposed to be about glitz and glam but for one American beauty it is more about keeping a roof over her head.
It seems like the 23 years old Miss Colorado – 2011 has been facing challenges all her life. For Blair Griffith it took four attempts onto the pageants before she won the title of Miss Colorado Teen USA in 2006. It was a great success for the teenager. But her father who encouraged her to participate in the contest couldn't share her joy. By the time she won he had already passed because of cancer.
The young woman couldn’t think of a worse twist of fate but a year later, even more heartache struck the young beauty queen, her mother had suffered a heart attack. The medical expenses dinted the family budget and forced Griffith out of her home – just weeks after she was crowned Miss Colorado-2011. “It was a difficult thing to go through to sit there and go, 'Where are we going to go now?” Ms Griffith said.
Unfortunately, it gets worse for Miss Colorado 2011 because she is going to lose her job, joining many other Coloradans. The shop where she works is closing in March and although she has faced much hardship. "There are so many people who go through the exact same situation," she says. Now her only hope for a better future is winning the 2011 Miss USA title. Even being homeless and completely broke, Blair Griffith continues to train for her upcoming competition, hoping to reclaim a slice of normality.
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