Sharry Konopski - Playmate Revisited

Miss August 1987 blends glamour with guts. On what Sharry describes as “a really bad April Fool’s Day” in 1995, she was driving home from work when three deer suddenly appeared in the road. She swerved, hit loose gravel and rolled her Mustang. She is paralyzed from the spinal cord injuries she suffered and will never walk unassisted again. “I just picked myself up, dusted myself off and am continuing on,” says Sharry. She works out with her trainer, building strength in her upper body so she can manipulate a set of braces. With their aid, Sharry took her first steps on October 21, 1996. Things, she says, are definitely looking up.