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Contestants relaxing poolside

Five Miss Wheelchair America contestants smiling and sitting in their wheelchairs beside a swimming poo

Dixie Lee Etheridge and companions

Dixie Lee Etheridge, Miss Wheelchair Mississippi and winner of the 1975-76 MWA Pageant, smiles with her companion

Nancy Pudvin accepts trophy and crown

Nancy Pudvin accepts her trophy while she is crowned MWA 198

Cynthia Davis, Mary Ann Ellefson and Deborah Nightingale speak to Fritz Peerenboom

Mary Ann Ellefson of Minnesota speaks to Channel 10's Fritz Peerenboom while Cynthia Davis of Massachusetts and Deborah Nightingale of North Carolina look o

Diana Kenderian crowning ceremony

Janie Robinson crowns Diana Kenderian in the 1974-75 MWA Pageant; Diana smiles and holds her flowers while others look on and a man on her left holds her troph

Edith Canady and Elizabeth Serrano ride past the Ohio Statehouse

Edith Canady of Arkansas and Elizabeth Serrano of Puerto Rico, along with their attendants, ride past the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus, Ohi

Sally House portrait

Portrait of Sally Ann House, Miss Wheelchair Mississippi, holding flower

1982 Miss Wheelchair America Pageant program

Front cover of the program for the Miss Wheelchair America Pageant from the 1981-82 pageant year. The MWA logo is printed in the center, with "10th Anniversary" printed above and "1983 Pageant" printed below

Betty Brown and other contestants

Betty Brown of Arkansas smiles and sits with other contestants and escort