That's right, tonight Miss Kansas Theresa Vail, 22, will proudly stand tall showing off two large tattoos while she participates in as Miss America contestant! (She will be the FIRST contestant to show her tattoos in the history of Miss America!)
We give Miss Kansas a HUGE high-five! What about you?
USA Today reports.....
She's also in the U.S. Army and can sing opera.
It's a first for the Miss America pageant. Miss Kansas Theresa Vail, 22, will be proudly sporting two large tattoos during Sunday's contest (ABC, 9 p.m. ET).
She showed them off during Tuesday's preliminary competition in Atlantic City. One of them is a Serenity Prayer on her right side. The other is the insignia of the U.S. Army Dental Corps on her left shoulder.
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She has stirred up news this week with the revelation. On Friday's Good Morning America, she noted, "Half the girls have tattoos, they just choose to cover them." But she has gotten lots of support. And not just for the tattoos. Vail is also a sergeant in the U.S. Army, only the second contestant ever to be on active duty.
"Nobody expects a soldier to be a beauty queen," Vail told People magazine. "But I'm all about breaking stereotypes."
She added, "My whole platform is empowering women to overcome stereotypes and break barriers. What a hypocrite I would be if I covered my ink," Vail said. "How can I tell other women to be fearless and true to themselves if I can't do the same? I am who I am, tattoos and all."
But wait, there's more. Vail is also an M16 marksman, a bow hunter and a mechanic. The beauty queen idea came just nine months ago on the advice of her commanding officer. One problem: she was told she wouldn't be able to use archery as her talent. No worries; she picked opera.
And how is she stacking up so far? According to Bovada.lv, we should
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