"Nobody expects a soldier to be a beauty queen. But I'm all about breaking stereotypes", Miss Kansas Theresa Vail told People Magazine.
She's right. That's very unexpected.
Vail, who has only recently become a "beauty queen" within the last year, is a sergeant in the US Army, becoming only the second Miss America pageant contestant to be on active duty. To add to the unexpectedness, she is an M16 marksman, a bowhunter, and a mechanic. She only decided to enter a beauty pageant 9 months ago on the advice of her commanding officer.
So what did the US Army beauty queen from Kansas pick as her talent for the pageant? Archery. Unfortunately, she was told she wouldn't be able to use that. Instead she learned a Pavarotti opera piece that she had never sung before.
We have this awesome American Woman patch which definitely describes Miss Kansas Theresa Vail.
