Hometown Hero: Paulina Fuller

DALLAS - Clarice Tinsley's Hometown Hero this week is Pauline Fuller, a 12 year old who has the eye of the tiger when it comes to dance and her life.

Fuller was born in Russia with a congenital condition that kept her lower legs from forming. But the Lone Star State gave her a brand new life. She was adopted by Lorrainne and Bob Fuller and now calls Clifton, Texas home.

Thanks to surgeries, the staff at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas and Fuller's will and spirit, she both walks and dances. She has prosthetic legs that allow her to move.

Fuller loves hip hop, jazz and she's able to dance on point. Her dance teacher says she is a role model to all of her students not just because she overcomes her disability, but because she is a really good strong dancer who feels the music and knows how to interpret it.

On one set of her prosthetic legs Fuller said there is a pretty pink "S" that stands for "Super girl." You can do anything you set your mind to. You can just follow your dreams and never give up because you can always get there if you set your mind to it, she said.

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• Paulina Fuller
• Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
• Dallas Texas
• Dallas
• Texas
• Dance
• Dancer
• adopted
• Clifton Texas
• hip hop
• jazz
• prosthetic legs
• Amputation
• Amputee
• Bilateral Amputee

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luscious little stumps!