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Article: Focused; Margot Bingham is focused on pursuing her dreams while making a positive difference
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- March 1, 2003
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Most people have heard of the biblical 10 Commandments--thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal, honor thy mother and thy father and so on. One local teen has added an 11th.
"Staying focused is practically a commandment to me. When you have so many different things going on, it's easy to start a bunch of things and never finish them," says Margot Bingham.
As busy as today's world is to a normal teenager, Margot is a freshman at the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative And Performing Arts. She sings, studies dance at Point Park College and models. And, she is the reigning National Miss Black Teen.
The 14-year-old also volunteers with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Pittsburgh School for ...