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Watch: Paralyzed Canton Woman Makes Pitch for 'The Biggest Loser'

Jamie Goodwin wants the world to see that she can shed the pounds—from a wheelchair.

Over the years, babies and bad eating habits brought the pounds.

Now, Jamie Goodwin wants to do something about it as a contestant on the 14th season of NBC's The Biggest Loser.

The 36-year-old full-time mom from Canton has created a casting video, which is available on YouTube.

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But Goodwin, the wife of  Pastor Will Goodwin, isn't like the contestants you've seen on the competition's 13 previous seasons. 

Goodwin is in a wheelchair. 

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Watch her story.

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