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JESSICA COX

DATE AND PLACE OF ORIGIN

JESSICA COX WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 2 1983 IN SIERRA VISTA,ARIZONA.

SHE WAS BORN WITHOUT ARMS AS A RESULT OF A RARE BIRTH DEFECT.

INSPITE SHE DOSEN’T HAVE HER ARMS SHE NEVER VIEWED HERSELF AS A VICTIM OF HER CONDITION.

WITH PERSEVERANCE AND FAITH SHE LEARNED HOW TO DO THINGS WITH HER LEGS AND PUT HERSELF THROUGH OUT OF A HIGHSCOOL,COLLEGE

• SHE LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE A CAR WITH HER LEGS AND GOT HER LICENSE

• SHE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO FLY AN AIRPLANE AND GOT HER LICENSE ON OCTOBER 2008.

• SHE BECAME 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL FILIPINO WOMEN IN U.S..

AT THE AGE OF 14 , SHE WON HER FIRST BLACKBELT IN INTERNATIONAL TEAKWONDO ASSOCIATION.

SHE WON HER SECOND BLACK BELT IN AMERICAN TEAKWONDO ASSOCIATION.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• SHE GOT HER NAME IN THE GUINESS BOOK FOR BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY AN AIRPLANE WITH LEGS.

• SHE WON AOPA LIVE PILOTS CHOICE AWARD 2010….

• SHE IS RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY AS AN INFLUENTIAL KEY NOTE SPEAKER..

In November 2011,Jessica teamed up with Emmy Award filmmaker Nicholas spark to begin a production of a documentary chronicling her life

she always reminds herself that it was very natural to grow even without her arms…….

In May of 2012,she got married to her former taekwondo instructor Patrick Chamberlain.

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