Mrs. Colorado

Danette Haag is a wife, a mom of 4, and a competitive runner. She is an inspirational speaker, a registered nurse, a podcast professional, the 2019 Colorado Woman of Courage and Mrs. Colorado 2021. She is also the co-founder of the nonprofit Hero Haven for first responders.  As an inspirational speaker, a soul strengthening coach, and through her Listen Soul Sister podcast; Danette shares her personal experiences from living through and living with a severe childhood burn injury. Inspiring others to see their own incredible value by sharing all that she has learned from walking with courage, healing her soul and redefining her beauty. Danette is ‘Beauty From Ashes’ and believes no one needs to get stuck behind any life scar.

Danette’s mission is to teach audiences the value of humbly loving themselves.  That putting more love into our world starts with pouring love into our own hearts and souls first – seeing our authentic beauty. One of the programs Danette offers to women and teen girls is called FLAWLESS – seeing ourselves the way God sees us. Believing in self and seeing our own unique beauty, makes us unstoppable to live our greatest life.  There is deep beauty within each one of us and it’s our job to nourish that beauty from the inside out so others can see it too.  This depth of power in our beauty is directly in line with the Untouchable Beauty mission of helping women look and feel deeply beautiful.  

“Life’s too short not to love yourself while you are working on yourself.” 

– Danette Haag ‘Beauty From Ashes’

Dr. Lynn Tran was 2022 Mrs. West Metro, and contestant for Mrs. Colorado. She describes herself as a “yogi momma nerd.” You can always catch either reading, taking a course to learn something new, practicing yoga, or staying active outdoors with her husband, 5-year-old son, and pup. Professionally, Dr. Tran and her husband are experts in drug-free approach to mental health and chronic pain, and they offer a brain-based approach to healing the physical body. They run a family private practice together called Wild & Precious Optimal Living, where they offer chiropractic, functional neurology & shockwave therapy. You will often find Dr. Tran active in the Jefferson County community organizing women’s and family health events, such as a program called Thrive Local.

Here’s a personal message from Dr. Tran: “In my 20s, I struggled with an eating disorder and depression. There were nights I would drive from McDonald’s to Taco Bell to KFC ordering MEALS off the menu because I was having insatiable cravings. I would go home and wolf down EVERYTHING in a matter of minutes. Run to the bathroom to throw it all up. And then I would sit in complete shame and remorse for not being able to control myself. I felt lost, and I was flunking out of school, and I felt isolated from my family and friends. My mental state of health started to shift when I started working for a chiropractic office, and was receiving care for neck pain. I had no idea that chiropractic would literally change my brain and save my life!! I learned that my mental state of health was greatly affected by my nervous system stuck in a chronic fight flight state. As I got better through chiropractic care, I experienced more peace & felt more at ease and energized. I had the energy to control the negative thoughts and uncontrollable cravings. I was much more consistent and proactive with self-care such as practicing yoga and meditation. The combination of chiropractic and positive habit changes allowed me to get my life back. Fast forward to today, all that I do professionally as a brain-based chiropractor & yoga therapeutics coach is a makeup of my healing process— and I simply want to share that with my family & community.

If I can go back to my 21 year old self to say one thing, it would be, You are beautiful & you are enough. This pain that you are in, I wouldn’t change a thing because this is going to be your strength and purpose someday. Just keep moving & trust your choices.”