Hwang has had cerebral palsy since birth. She remembers that when she was a child, neighbors would point her out, saying to her grandmother, who looked after her: "The best your granddaughter will be able to do is perform in a circus!"
黃美廉一出生即患腦性麻痺，記得小時候鄰居常指著她，對照顧她的外婆說：「妳這個小孫女以後最多只能在馬戲團表演了！」