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Penelope Coelen
9 quotes
“Life is a choice”
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“I was a miserable newly wed and often pondered about where I should be travelling to, wondering what I was doing on a farm. I decided to burn my diaries of my time as Miss World, because I did not want to live in the past anymore”
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“One of my fondest memories was in Austria. I was called out to the balcony of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. The full moon shone over the trees in the vast garden and a white carriage appeared. Ballerinas stepped out of the carriage and performed a magnificent ballet in the garden”
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“What really brought me down to earth, was when I lost my first child”
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“I remember sewing nighties for them when they were small and later washing and drying the army uniforms when the boys came home for the weekend. I still see myself hanging those uniforms over heaters to dry”
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“It was incredibly stressful, because I was always terrified that I would forget what I wanted to say”
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“I am a gatherer. If I like someone, I invite them to my home”
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“Life has changed enormously over the past 11 years. There are times when we get depressed. We have to just come to terms with it”
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“There was a collision on the field resulting in his horse stumbling and then falling on top of him. Nicholas sustained a brain stem injury and while he can hear and understand everything and his brain is fully functional, communication is difficult”
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Recorded in: Ballito’s own Miss World,19 August 2015