(c)  2010 - 2012       beautyandcoragem.com   all rights reserved     Beauty  is unique and universal       Coragem   Courage  Mut                      MY LIFE ... MY GREATEST GIFT I celebrate life for all you gave me, because although I still lack many dreams to achieve, I have lived fully. My name is Migu Arias in 2000, with 17 years of age, start college, empese to study advertising, full of many illusions and goals to achieve. Everything seemed simple, was born with a malformation on my right leg, but my life was that normal unfolding as though i had difficulty walking, difficult for me to move on, I was on crutches and could not wear shoes in one of my feet. Back in college, I complicate life, because when I began to study advertising, bear drawing folders and many materials needed for the race, I thought it was simple, but life started to hurt me, because between physical pain and feeling of defeated before I began the great difficulties to face made me abandon my dream. But thanks to have started my studies, I met an angel very special in my life, CERES, whom she had a leg amputee due to a sarcoma in one of her feet, she suggested I visit a doctor to see the condition of my foot, I inmediatamente this I answered I suggested that the only way to not suffer more was that my leg at the time was hard to hear that, but then I understood that was the best decision, because the pain was unbearable . Then, in the absence of resources, began the struggle for the money, Ceres, my angel, began to find people to help me, and tremino, after three years of receiving the news that the foundation 440, Juan Luis Guerra would pay for my operation, and the February 21, 2003 I cut off, the couple of months I got my prosthesis, I started a life without physical pain, full of new illusions and willing to forget those difficult moments of suffering I endured because of my illness. Today, though not resume my studies of advertising, I am in the middle of the race of Tourism, anciosa to achieve many things, but above all very grateful for the extraordinary family and friends that have touched me, determined not to break up the adversity, as born of adversity and I am living with them, but happy. Thanks to Beauty and Coragem, because I am experiencing this very particular facet model, because with this show that beauty has many forms of presentation and although we are not perfect on the outside, we have the soul of women warriors able to conquer looks, but for our example we can. GOD is my strength, my reason more powerful understand and accept me as I am, and the celebrated my life as the greatest gift I could receive. My philosophy of life is simple, just need to be happy whatever I was given, add the rest is often unnecessary .... Miguelina     section Caribe