Posting this in honor of the young women competing for the title of Miss America 2026. I was Miss Iowa 1999 and this was my swimsuit competition in the Miss America pageant that year. I was not a typical Pageant girl. I did my first Pageant when I was 20 years old, as a sophomore in college. I needed money for school. My parents were teachers, and we didn’t make enough to really be able to afford Princeton and off and on throughout my college years I worked 4 to 5 different different jobs. I als

all of our hair in curlers for dress rehearsal 🥹 let’s go girllls #missamerica #misscalifornia #ucla #westpalmbeach

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