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(WBRE\/WYOU)<\/strong> \u2014 A local celebrity paid a special visit to some children. Miss Pennsylvania 2019 stopped by Janet Weis Children\u2019s Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n For some patients at Janet Weis Children\u2019s Hospital, getting to meet Tiffany Seitz Tuesday was like meeting a real-life princess. She stopped in patients\u2019 rooms to give them some hope and to encourage them to keep up the good fight.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is probably like my favorite part of the job is getting to visit so many different people through so many different stories so I love it,\u201d Seitz said.<\/p>\n Just crowned three months ago, Seitz, also known as Miss Pennsylvania 2019, took some time away from her busy schedule to pop in at Geisinger\u2019s Janet Weis Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s actually really cool. Usually, when I\u2019m in the hospital I see lots of dogs but now seeing a famous person is cool,\u201d patient Katelyn Herman said.<\/p>\n She stopped by patients\u2019 rooms to visit and meet their families, offering up words of hope and sharing some wisdom.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was amazing,\u201d Hope Mickels said.<\/p>\n Even letting some little ones feel like Miss America for the day.<\/p>\n She let me wear her crown and we were playing dress-up for a little bit,\u201d Mickels said.<\/p>\n For Tiffany, spending time in hospitals is something that she\u2019s very familiar with. When she was born, she tested cocaine positive and was addicted at birth.<\/p>\n \u201cThe doctors that were handling my case at the time had given me a two-week life expectancy and if I lived beyond two weeks it was basically not looking good for me. They said that I would more than likely not make it to my first birthday. If I did make it past my first birthday, I would probably have some sort of mental disease or bodily deformities, lots of things wrong,\u201d Seitz said.<\/p>\n To everyone\u2019s surprise, \u201cI\u2019ve proven that wrong and that\u2019s why I\u2019m here and I\u2019m so grateful for every moment,\u201d Seitz said.<\/p>\n It\u2019s why she has a passion for these miracle kids and urges them to continue to dream big.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be a princess when I get older. I want to go to England and be a princess there and see the castle and everything,\u201d Herman said.<\/p>\n Tiffany is advancing to the Miss America 2020 pageant where she will be representing the commonwealth on December 18. In her role as Miss Pennsylvania, Tiffany serves as the Goodwill Ambassador for all five Children\u2019s Miracle Network Hospitals in the state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n