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Every girl dreams of her crowning moment, but the new Ms. Wheelchair America knows her crown comes with great responsibility.

Every girl dreams of her crowning moment, but the new Ms. Wheelchair America knows her crown comes with great responsibility.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Maryland woman crowned Ms. Wheelchair America, to use platform for disability rights

A new measure in Prince George’s County aims to make housing more inclusive by creating more accessible homes. The purpose of recently passed universal design...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - 2023 Ms. Wheelchair Kansas 2023, Daija Coleman, recently attended the Ms. Wheelchair America event, where she was named as first runner-up for the national title. Coleman joined  17 other women vying for the opportunity to represent women who are wheelchair mobile in the United

The Mary Free Bed Guild hosted the Ms. Wheelchair America national competition for the second year in a row, and a winner was crowned Saturday evening.

It's not a pageant, it's an advocacy competition, and Ms. Wheelchair Maryland is using her platform to fight for digital access on the national stage.

In the course of her 9-to-5 life, Chandra Smith of Laurel is just like so many others around the DMV. But last month, she added another title to her résumé: Ms. Wheelchair Maryland.

Smith, a 35-year-old IT engineer working in intelligence for the federal government, won the competition from a field of three contestants. She will now advance to the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant in Grand Rapids, Michigan from Aug. 28 through Sept. 3. She will compete against about 35 contestants from other states.

Ashleigh Jacobs, left, and Chandra Smith hold a Ukraine flag someone brought to the Gettysburg Chocolate Market earlier in the week. The shop is donating 100 percent of the proceeds