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Positive Impact Magazine—September 6, 2011—Mrs. America Reveals her Inner Beauty in the Fight against Blindness

Thursday, 22 September 2011

April Lufriu seems to have it all. She has been crowned Mrs. Ybor City, Mrs. Florida America and the 2011 Mrs. America; she runs a successful business with her loving husband and works part-time as a model and dental hygienist; she has two adoring children; and it’s clear to anyone that she has beauty. But April also has retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a genetic retinal degenerative eye disease that gradually leads to blindness.

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