Most of the world has heard some kind of story about Cinderella. Behind each individual is a story and someone could call it their "Cinderella story." It is normal for everyone to make mistakes and find a way to overcome, because no one can go through life without problems. Average people have struggles and a story, but famous people do as well. If someone is famous, most people have heard her story and how she arrived to where she is. Some of the most well-known individuals that are not recognized for their stories are professional chefs, for example Paula Deen. The butter-loving, finger-licking, joke-cracking Paula Deen has not always lead the splendid life she does today, but embodies the true rise to fame with an astonishing behind the
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Paula was extremely happy that the man of her dreams had finally proposed, but her parents did not accept Jimmy for one minute. (Deen It Ain’t… 29) It only took a few months for Paula to convince her parents to let her marry Jimmy. Paula’s dream of marrying Jimmy became a reality on November 28, 1965. Paula and Jimmy had the picture perfect marriage on the beginning, but that all changed when Jimmy started drinking every day. (Deen It Ain’t.. 30-31) Paula told herself that Jimmy would stop and everything would go back to the way it was, but two months later Paula’s father got remarkably sick. Paula lost her father on June 15, 1966, and Paula started falling to pieces. (Deen It Ain’t.. 38) Paula said, "The tragedies began. And with them, I began to die." (Deen It Ain’t.. 36) Only a few months after Paula’s father passed away, she began to have panic attacks and feeling she was going to die. At the age of nineteen, Paula would wake up every morning waiting to die. (Deen It Ain’t… …show more content…
Paula had finally overcame the panic attacks of twenty years and was enjoying life as much as she could. Paula said, " Now I'm done fighting and I'm done hiding." Paula did not think life could get any better but everything changed the day QVC shopping network received her first cookbook. The sold seventy thousand copies in one day and her success was sealed. (Moskin 1) Now at sixty eight years old, Paula Deen is as perky as the head cheerleader she was back in 1965. Paula Deen now has a husband named Michael and she could not be happier to spend the rest of her life with him. Today Paula has two restaurants, two television shows, five cookbooks and a line of baking mixes and seasoning. Paula tells the world, "I'd had a run of bad luck and it was one for the records but been there, done that." Paula Deen went from having nothing to having everything. (Moskin
Paula was extremely happy that the man of her dreams had finally proposed, but her parents did not accept Jimmy for one minute. (Deen It Ain’t… 29) It only took a few months for Paula to convince her parents to let her marry Jimmy. Paula’s dream of marrying Jimmy became a reality on November 28, 1965. Paula and Jimmy had the picture perfect marriage on the beginning, but that all changed when Jimmy started drinking every day. (Deen It Ain’t.. 30-31) Paula told herself that Jimmy would stop and everything would go back to the way it was, but two months later Paula’s father got remarkably sick. Paula lost her father on June 15, 1966, and Paula started falling to pieces. (Deen It Ain’t.. 38) Paula said, "The tragedies began. And with them, I began to die." (Deen It Ain’t.. 36) Only a few months after Paula’s father passed away, she began to have panic attacks and feeling she was going to die. At the age of nineteen, Paula would wake up every morning waiting to die. (Deen It Ain’t… …show more content…
Paula had finally overcame the panic attacks of twenty years and was enjoying life as much as she could. Paula said, " Now I'm done fighting and I'm done hiding." Paula did not think life could get any better but everything changed the day QVC shopping network received her first cookbook. The sold seventy thousand copies in one day and her success was sealed. (Moskin 1) Now at sixty eight years old, Paula Deen is as perky as the head cheerleader she was back in 1965. Paula Deen now has a husband named Michael and she could not be happier to spend the rest of her life with him. Today Paula has two restaurants, two television shows, five cookbooks and a line of baking mixes and seasoning. Paula tells the world, "I'd had a run of bad luck and it was one for the records but been there, done that." Paula Deen went from having nothing to having everything. (Moskin