| Crystle Stewart, Miss USA 2008, the USA entrant in | | | | she said. "Sometimes you fall in life, not just in the |
| to the 2008 Miss Universe pageant, provides an | | | | pageant but financially or emotionally. It's not about the |
| excellent example of turning a problem into an | | | | fall but how you pick yourself up." |
| Opportunity. | | | | How true! She is determined not to let the bad situation |
| She tripped over some beads on her dress during the | | | | or ridicule bring her down. She will use this as an |
| judging process which would be considered by most | | | | opportunity to help others. Later she said: "I know I'll get |
| as a very embarrassing and unfortunate event. | | | | through it and that there are bigger and better things to |
| Imagine working for months and maybe years to get | | | | come." |
| to a very important time and event and then | | | | Those bigger and better things might very well come |
| something goes terribly wrong in front of millions of | | | | from the grace and generosity with which she handled |
| viewers! Well let's consider how Miss USA handled it. | | | | this problem. But even if nothing else comes of that |
| She is a motivational speaker and gives a character | | | | event she has honored her loved ones and all of us by |
| education program in a New York City school. She | | | | the way she handled herself. |
| said she plans to turn her mishap into a lesson. | | | | Thank you Miss USA for a sparkling example! |
| "I'll be talking to my students about it when I get back," | | | | |