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A legally blind woman will be on the panel of judges in the Mrs. Canada Globe pageant, because of her ability to recognize inner beauty.

“I wasn’t sure at first when they asked me,” Ashley Nemeth said. “I was kind of like, ‘You know I’m blind?’ ”

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Kim Castle, national director of Mrs. Canada Globe, is excited Nemeth will be on the panel of six judges.

“We want to encourage any woman to enter — any shape, any size, any age, any colour, any ability or disability,” Castle said. “We thought it was important because we recognize beauty is not just on the outside, it’s on the inside.”

Nemeth agreed to judge because it’s a great way to showcase that disability doesn’t exclude you from many things.

“I think it’s amazing that the Mrs. Canada Globe pageant wants to incorporate somebody who is blind into their judging panel because I truly will have no bias on what the contestants look like,” Nemeth said.

The 31-year-old is recognized as an advocate who breaks down barriers for the blind and partially sighted community.