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Madeline Mitchell Gwin (
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Mitchell; born May 17, 1989) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from
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. She won the title of Miss Alabama USA 2011 and competed in the
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competition, where she finished as the second runner-up. She later won the Mrs. America 2015 pageant.


Career

Mitchell had previously competed in the 2008 Miss Alabama USA pageant and placed as the second runner-up. She returned one year later and competed in the 2009
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competition and only finished Top 15. Mitchell was named 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2011 pageant held at Las Vegas on June 19, 2011. She won the
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2015 pageant on March 28. With her then fiancé Ryan Gwin, Mitchell competed in the first season of '' Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls'' which premiered on July 8, 2013 on
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. The couple finished in 4th place in the penultimate episode.


Personal life

On September 26, 2008, while she was on her way to show her mother her new dress for the 2008
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competition, she hit a
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and lost control of her vehicle. The car went into
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and caught fire just off of
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. Walmart truck driver Gary Lewellen extinguished the fire in her car during the accident. She and her boyfriend were trapped, hanging upside down, in the car. She spent 12 days in a
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at the University of Alabama Hospital following the accident and had multiple fractures to her leg, broken ribs, and internal injuries. She spent 21 days on a
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and two months in a
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. With a
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broken in 12 places and
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, she was at risk of losing not only her leg, but also her life. Although doctors had doubted the possibility, she was able to walk after several months. , she was in the final year of studies at the
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, where she studied elementary education. On November 7, 2010, as Miss
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, she won the title of Miss Alabama USA at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa. Her parents are Suzanne and John Mitchell.


References


External links


Official Miss Alabama USA websiteOfficial Miss USA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Madeline 1989 births American beauty pageant winners Living people Miss Alabama USA winners Miss USA 2011 delegates People from Russellville, Alabama University of Alabama alumni Participants in American reality television series