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"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." ~C.S. Lewis

MY STORY

I was born and raised in North Carolina as the only child of a singer and single mother named Diana. Our lives changed drastically one February night after we were in an accident that completely crushed us inside of our car. At only 10 years old, I was told that I had a T-10 spinal cord injury and would never walk again. My circumstances (along with a highly judgmental community) led me to believe that living an enjoyable and purposeful life with a disability would be impossible.

 

After living my teenage years in a cloud of shame, my 20-year-old self decided to spend a year “fear-chasing”, AKA, pursuing any activity that scared me as far out of my comfort zone as possible. This included driving around the country alone, checking off every possible bucket-list adrenaline sport I could think of, competing for (and winning) Miss Wheelchair USA, and launching a career as a speaker and actress. This eventually lead me to accomplish things like speaking to the Senate, delivering a TEDx talk, establishing a nonprofit that distributes wheelchairs around the world, and making history as the first woman in a wheelchair to win a title in the Miss USA system. My most recent fear-chaser has been moving to Los Angeles in order to work as the lead actress in a movie! 

 

I share my journey because I want to reach every one of you out there who feels just as ashamed, scared and judged as I did - that feeling doesn’t have to last forever, and I hope to show you how to use those challenges to fuel your journey to make a badass impact on this world!

BIO

Madeline Delp Beauty Shot Glitter Pink Shirt Miss Wheelchair USA

MY FEAR-CHASERS

WINNING MISS WHEELCHAIR NC AND GOING ON TO WIN
 MISS WHEELCHAIR USA

DRIVING AROUND THE UNITED STATES ON A MISS WHEELCHAIR USA TOUR FOR THREE MONTHS

ROCK CLIMBING 300 FEET UP THE SIDE OF MOUNT RUSHMORE 

BASE JUMPING OFF THE SIDE OF A 500 FOOT BRIDGE IN IDAHO

ESTABLISHING A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS TO DELIVER WHEELCHAIRS AROUND THE WORLD

SPEAKING TO THE SENATE ABOUT DISABILITY INCLUSION WITHIN POLICY MAKING

BECOMING ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN IN A WHEELCHAIR TO COMPETE FOR A MISS USA STATE TITLE

DELIVERING A TEDX TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE DISABILITY INCLUSION WITHIN SOCIETY

ACHIEVING THE DISTRIBUTION OF OVER 400 WHEELCHAIRS WITH MY NONPROFIT, LIVE BOUNDLESS

BECOMING THE FIRST WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR TO WIN A TITLE IN THE MISS USA SYSTEM 

Most Recent!

MOVING TO LOS ANGELES TO STAR IN A BALLROOM DANCE MOVIE

STUDYING ABROAD IN GERMANY (PLUS FLYING AND LIVING THERE ALONE!)

Madeline Delp in Berlin Germany Traveling
Madeline Delp winning Miss Wheelchair USA Pageant
Madeline Delp in front of adaptive BraunAbility Ford Explorer driving cross country
Madeline Delp adaptive rock climbing at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota
Madeline Delp BASE jumping at Twin Falls Idaho bridge
Madeline Delp flying internationally with United Airlines
Madeline Delp speaking to the Senate in Washington DC as a disability advocate
Madeline Delp competing in Miss North Carolina USA pageant
Madeline Delp giving TEDx talk about disability inclusion in society
Madeline Delp in Ecuador doing a wheelchair distribution with her nonprofit Live Boundless
Madeline Delp competing for Miss North Carolina USA in High Point North Carolina
Madeline Delp sitting on pink BraunAbility Chevy Traverse SUV in front of Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles
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