I can't believe someone has the nerve to say, "So what if a "possible" future Miss America is in the Army," and could insinuate that she joined the Army just to win the crown. Like a poster afterwards said, if you read the article it clearly says she's been in 6 yrs. Your comment is ridiculous, uneducated and quite frankly ticks me off. I'm in the active Army currently serving in Korea (I'm a combat medic as well.) I see these beauty contestants and alls I can think is, "wow it must be so hard to go to college fulltime and that's your whole job...whoopdeedoo." There are a lot of people serving in the military that put in 12-15 hrs daily and go to school 3 hrs a night after work....five days a week, to get their degree. I've been doing it since I got to Korea 22 mths ago. So when I see someone that can go to school and serve their country at the same time,..put her "pretty" self deliberately in harms way in defense of her country--if she does well in the pageant it's because of that. That takes courage. I'm not saying youre a complete piece of crap if you never serve your country. But coming from someone who has experienced doing so...she just gets that much more respect from me and I hope she does well.

Obrien79 You must not have read her Bio.

"For the past 6 years, Jill Stevens has been serving in the US Military as a Combat Medic in the Utah National Guard, while earning her degree in Nursing at Southern Utah University."

She was in the ARNG long before she began competing for Miss America. She did not join the military knowing that the military would make a big deal about this, she was already serving her country voluntary.

Hooah!

I really don't understand this!  So what if a "possible" future Miss America is in the Army.  Think about how many high school and college football stars, scholarship winners, star athletes, etc.. join the military.  They gave up the chance to be in spotlight, to be in the headlines, so that they could serve their country.  She joined the military knowing that the military would make a big deal about this.  I would be willing to bet that she breezes through the pagent and gets the crown.  Another thing the military would love to brag about.  All this is, is  a publicity stunt.