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Poland promotes equality, sends disabled singer to int’l contest

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Poland selected Monika Kuszynska to represent the country in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. Eurovision, which launched the careers of ABBA, Celine Dion and Julio Iglesias, is one of the world’s most watched non-sporting event. It is an international song competition for countries in Europe, celebrating its 6th anniversary in 2015. It has an audience of 500 million viewers. Monika has been in a wheelchair since she was in a car accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down in 2006.

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