Allie Sawyer, 23, gets dressed to see her family at her home in Kennett, Mo. After a double mastectomy last month, raising her arms to complete daily tasks has been a challenge but she is hoping to regain a full range of motion through physical therapy. 

Carter Cook, 1, sits on his aunt Allie’s lap as her family watches the Delta Fair Parade. Her sister, Bre Parrent, 21, sits next to her. This is annual tradition for her family to attend the parade with lawn chairs to watch the precession down the town’s main street.

Allie rides with her husband David down Levee Road in Dunklin County, Mo. They often come for relaxed drives and to spot deer from the car.

Allie unboxes a new pageant dress to add to her collection of rentals. She began dress rental services to cater to the local community, but now it primarily provides an excuse to shop online. 

Gossamer ruffles of a rental pageant dresses dangle from a clothing display in her living room.

Allie applies a spray tan to Elyssa Schaltz, 18, at her studio in Kennett. Elyssa is getting a spray tan for an upcoming pageant.

Allie and David, 25, who have been married for 16 months, share a kiss on the ferris wheel at the Delta Fair. Shortly after meeting David for the first time, she told a close friend, “I am going to marry that man one day.” 

Allie, stands on her front porch as a storm passes. October is Breast Cancer Awareness, and there is hope for Allie and other women in similar positions with mammogram screenings, treatment, and reconstructive operations to restore breasts after mastectomies.