美國專門為殘疾人設立的「輪椅小姐」選拔大賽落幕後，美國威斯康星州冠軍得主雅尼爾·李在賽後被發現可以站立，因此被取消了進軍全國大賽的資格。外電報導如下：Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin has been stripped of her title because pageant officials say she can stand - and point to a newspaper picture as proof.
Janeal Lee, who has muscular dystrophy and uses a scooter, was snapped by The Post-Crescent newspaper standing among her high school math students.
"I've been made to feel as if I can't represent the disabled citizens of Wisconsin because I'm not disabled enough," Lee said Thursday.
Lee, 30, of Appleton, had planned to go to the national pageant with her younger sister, who also has muscular dystrophy and won the competition in Minnesota.
Muscular dystrophy意為「肌肉萎縮症，肌營養不良」，dystrophy表示「營養障礙，營養不良」，例如：nutritional dystrophy（惡性營養不良症）。
據悉，30歲的雅尼爾·李是一位高中數學教師，患有肌肉萎縮症，行動不便。她在2005年「輪椅小姐」選拔賽中奪得了威斯康星州的桂冠。不久後，該州大賽組織者發現當地報紙上刊登了一張她和學生站在一起的照片。後經調查，她不僅能站立，而且還能走幾步。組織者因此宣布：「如果人們在公共場合看到獲勝者能走路，我們就不能讓她保留這個頭銜。」雅尼爾對這一決定很不服氣，「我不能代表威斯康星州的殘疾人，好像就是因為我還不夠殘疾。」
（中國日報網站編）