A beauty queen born with cerebral palsy is hoping to become the first disabled Miss Great Britain - after she was forced to drop out of school due to horrendous bullying. Shannon McNally, 22, was crowned Miss Black Country in July and has done some modelling for bridal companies.
She has started a charity for children with hidden disabilities to offer support with education, after she was homeschooled by mum Donna Brown, 49, due to bullying about her disability. Shannon was due to be a 'millennium baby' as her due date was New Year's Day 2000, but was born premature on November 3, 1999 and was in an incubator.
Donna had been given injections to prevent blood clotting during pregnancy, but when she was in labour she was given another injection - and both her and baby Shannon's hearts stopped beating for one minute. During that time Shannon's brain was starved of oxygen and five years later a brain scan revealed she had cerebral palsy.
