Ashley Ruth Wheelerwas crowned Miss Vermont 2008 on Saturday, April 26, 2008 in Barre, Vermont... (wikipedia)
I don't want girls to feel underprivileged. I want them to feel like people are looking out for them.
It gives me so much hope because this is really what I want to do for the rest of my life.
That day, no matter how poor you are or how you were brought up, that day, you can be rich.
I would like to devote my future energies to doing something about the problem of teen pregnancy.
We ask the girls, if you can't find another place to resell them, to consider donating them. Normally they just donate them right there.
This year I don't want anyone left out.
We don't want them to feel bad about it, like ?you don't have money, here are your dresses. We want to make a party out of them trying on the dresses and getting the right one.
I wanted to make every girl's dream come true one dress at a time.
I know what a big part of students' lives the high school prom is.