She Is More Beautiful on the Inside!    [05-08-2011] I’m sure most of you have seen at least one beauty contest before. These competitions usually select the most beautiful and talented lady as a queen. However, an old American lady recently proved that a beautiful mind is more important than a pretty face. Last week, she won a beauty contest thanks to her kindness and warmth! This week, let’s meet the amazing granny! Can you imagine a beauty queen with gray hair? To our surprise, a 100-year-old blind granny won a beauty contest at a nursing home in Alabama. Her name is Felma Schrimshire. She beat nine other finalists and was crowned ‘Ms. Alabama Nursing Home.’ “It was wonderful!” said Mrs. Schrimshire after winning the competition. “Everybody has just been so nice, sweet, and caring. It’s just great. I don’t know any other way to express it,” she said with a big smile. So, what was her secret to winning the contest? According to the workers of the Alabama Nursing Home, it was her friendliness and warmth that won her the title. “She is a charming, warm-hearted person. She mesmerized the audience with her kindness and warmth,” said John Matson who works at the nursing home. “She had a very lively presence on stage, and I think that won over the judges and the crowd as well," he said. Surprisingly, she served in the surgeon’s office during the Second World War. Not many women were in the army back then. “My husband’s sight was too poor to join the Army at the time. I was going into the Army myself,” she said. After her husband died, she moved to Alabama. Now she lives with her sister and spends her time studying the Bible. “I don’t think I’m pretty or beautiful. But I believe that I’m a kind person. I guess this is why I won the beauty contest,” she said. “I think that having a kind heart is more important than having a pretty face.” Congratulations, Mrs. Schrimshire! And thank you for teaching us the real meaning of beauty!     출처: 어린이 영자신문 키즈타임즈 (www.kidstimes.net)