If her performance at Tuesday night’s Mutton Bustin’ competition is any indication, it’s just a matter of time before this up-start cowgirl is lassoing bad guys around the world.
The annual Houston Livestock and Rodeo runs through March 18, and on its very first night, six-year-old Marlie McDonald won the first round of Mutton Bustin. But she also won hundreds of thousands of hearts during an adorable post-win interview about her 90-point ride, which has set viewers’ hearts soaring ever since.
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Bursting with confidence, she told her interviewer her winning strategy: “I did what my parents told me, I just hold on really tight until I can not get a grip,”she said.
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Asked what she wants to be when she grows up, she said she wants to be a spy so she can “fight for the world, the bad guys, where you get to fight them.â€
Marlie’s win is especially significant in light of a life-threatening battle she fought in the fall of 2011, which most viewers probably don’t know about.
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In her mother’s 34th week of pregnancy, an ultrasound revealed a golf ball-sized brain tumor, which doctors successfully removed just days after Marlie was born.
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This feisty little girl is an obvious fighter and she’s already overcome so much, there’s no doubt in our minds she’ll be able to accomplish whatever she sets her mind on!
Watch her adorable and enthusiastic interview in the clip below, and share if you’re blown away by this little girl’s strength and fortitude (and stellar interview skills).
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