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=Name of person: Heather Whitestone = =Born:Febuary 24,1973= =Hometown:Dothan= =Biography:Heather Whitestone was born Febuary 24 ,1995.At 18 months she woke up with a fever later her mother took her to a hospital ,on Christmas day they found out she was deaf. At 3 she started going to ballet classes. Her mother helped= =Best Known For: The first deaf Miss America= =Interesting Facts:Won Miss America,is a ballerina, and is deaf= =Quotes:"Through ballet I was fortunate to find a place to escape ,a refuge from my feelings of being an outsider.The dance studio was the one place i felt accepted and 'just like everyone else' was in the dance studio. Hoping to improve the rhythm of my speech ,my mother had enrolled me in a ballet class when i was five years old.The ballet class boosted my self-esteem."= =References:Famous Quotes=