This is a story to inspire you to reach for your dreams and never ever give up.
Many year's ago my mate's missus came a close second in the Miss Dublin competition.
Later that year she was beset by a long period of bad luck.
She suffered years of drug and alcohol abuse and a series of eating disorders.
She lost a leg and needed facial reconstruction surgery after a road traffic accident.
Later, she suffered 90% burns in an unprovoked acid attack.
Several of her teeth were knocked out and an eye gouged out in a fight outside a KFC takeaway.
The stress caused her severe hair loss and facial waste.
Bur she NEVER , ever stopped believing and finally , last month
She was crowned Miss Louth