Most Preschool and Kindergarten children with Apraxia will struggle with learning the Alphabet. Why? Well, because children with Apraxia struggle to create the sounds needed. Think about it, we teach and learn our ABC’s with sound A sounds like Ahhh, B is Baa, etc, etc. But what do we do if the child can not make these sounds? We teach […]
Early January 2020 I was given the opportunity to travel to Milwaukee Wisconsin the home of Miss Royalty International to take place in the The Pageant Event and fashion show. After a long flight and layovers Mom and I arrived at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, the same location where I was crowned Miss Royalty International 2020. After taking a […]
This past year I had an amazing opportunity, I was chosen as a Model in a NYFW show in, you guessed it, New York City. About a week before the show I landed in New York with my Mom, as New York was her dream trip we had so much planned. Within the five days before the show and rehearsals […]
Leading up to MRI 2020, I had numerous issues with my gown, this was the first time ever I had an Overlay style gown, the first time also with a very long train. With the gown being white, I was only practicing in it once every week, due to the fact that it easily picked up dirt and I did […]
You will never speak like everyone else! This is something that doctors, teachers and the public alike have told me and my parents for years. Speaking does not come easy to me because of my Apraxia of speech, a speech/communication disorder that only affects 1 in every 1000 children born. I did not make an age-appropriate understandable sentence until my […]
Last Year I received my scores for Miss Royalty International 2019, my lowest score was Fashionwear, I needed to change that. Fast forward to when I started training for the 2020 internationals with pageant coach, Wendi Russo! Wendi told me I needed to find a more “pageantry fashion-wear”. If you know anything about Canada and pageantry, you would know gown […]
As you all know last year I represented Canada on the Miss Royalty International 2019. I was announced as the First Runner-up. and as the optional title of Miss International Volunteer 2019. Two days after 2019 crowning I messaged Cheryl and asked to return in hopes to win the crown. Starting in September I studied the current winner, the past […]
Last year, as many as you know, I decided to share my story. I never expected the impact that one post would have on my life, the impact on others as well. Instantly I received hundreds of emails stating how the people writing them had speech impediments or struggles and they felt hopeless until they saw a girl who had hidden her differences […]
Samantha Sewell 