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Regional Winner, United States: Kara Vanderpool Ward

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Kara Vanderpool Ward

Why The Elle Woods Bend and Snap is All I Really Need To Know

I began to loathe the word “plan”, because as sure as I had one, something would change it.  Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.  But when life decided to teach me a lesson, she sure taught me a valuable one.  That the best plan I could ever have is to simply learn to bend and snap.  While bend and snap was a move portrayed slightly differently in the movie Legally Blonde then here, it is the meaning that is the same -be open to possibility, deal with change no matter how minor or drastic, and make quick decisions when needed.  In essence it is the very reason that in the midst of all my existing and overwhelming responsibility I launched my own company. 

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