A former high school beauty queen describes a life beyond her wildest dreams married to her soul mate and as mum to their two beloved children, even though she was born blind and with "half a face". 2003 was a stand out year for Sara Morford, 36, as she won her second beauty pageant and met her husband, cheese factory worker Roger Morford, 38, on a camping trip with her sister, Angela.
Grabbing love with both hands, Sara has never let having the rare congenital disorder, Goldenhar syndrome – a birth defect causing the right side of her face to be undeveloped and leaving her blind and with a curved spine – hold her back.
Delighting in her role as a full-time mum to Brandon, 13, and Alison, 11, Sara said: "A lot of people will look at me and think I live a miserable life, but I have the best support system in the world. Everyone wanted me to live a normal life, but I feel like I have lived an extraordinary life.