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Q & A with the

Head of Miss Wheelchair Beauty Pageant

I am Katarzyna Wojtaszek , born in Łomianki , near Warsaw . Currently I live in Ciechocinek en Polonia .
What is your position at the Miss Wheelchair World ( MWW ) event ?
I am pleased to be the president of the Jedyna Taka Foundation ( The Only One Foundation ) for 10 years and to lead an organization whose main objective is to counteract exclusion , create social and change the image of women with disabilities at the national level international . I am the creator and organizer of the 1st edition of Miss Wheelchair World held in October 2017 in Warsaw .
How and when did you start this project ?
It all started in 2013 when I opened the Jedyna Taka Foundation . I realized how women in Poland who are wheelchair users look and how they really live .
I too , after an accident , use a wheelchair and do not accept the fact that we are perceived through the prism of
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