Heather Whitestoneby Lauren Lynch.

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• Heather was born in Dothan, Alabama on February 24, 1973.• When she was eighteen months old, she came down with flu and became deaf• Heather did not learn American Sign Language until her senior year in high school.

• In the 1995 Miss America pageant, Heather was Miss Alabama, and was crowned Miss America.

Whitestone is a motivational speaker Whitestone has written three books: Listening with My Heart, Believing in the Promise, and Let God Surprise You.

Married John A. McCallum on June 8, 1996› Met during her reign› Visit to Speaker of the House

Mother of two boys› John and James

Live in Atlanta, Georgia

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Treated with 2 types of antibiotics

completely deaf in her right ear, and had a 95% hearing loss in the left ear.

"For with God nothing shall be impossible."

Luke 1:37