In just a few short weeks, the Miss America Pageant will be held in Las Vegas. Among the hopeful competitors is Allison Kreiger, Miss Florida. Whether she is crowned Miss America or not, the pageant itself is a significant achievement.

"While in high school, she was diagnosed with bulimia. At one point she stopped eating completely and weighed 35 pounds less than she should have... 'This was my goal, just to be able to compete in the Miss America Pageant, so when I walk across that stage I have truly come full circle.'"

Allison doesn't point to the Miss Florida or Miss America Pageants as the cause her eating disorder, but rather as "the light at the end of my tunnel when I was going through treatment." Read more at SeminoleHerald.com.

Posted By: Lori S