Woman With 70% of Her Body Burned in Gas Leak Competes in Mrs. Colorado Beauty Pageant

Woman With 70% of Her Body Burned in Gas Leak Competes in Mrs. Colorado Beauty Pageant
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Danette Haag, 48, suffered burns over nearly 70 percent of her face and body after a gas leak caught fire in her home as a child. Haag was only 10 years old. But now, 38 years down the line, the wife, mom, and motivational speaker has competed in the Mrs. Colorado America beauty pageant.

In doing so, she has fulfilled the ambition of a lifetime.