I felt like pageants, and specifically winning Miss Colorado, was a way to truly exemplify that and to set the tone to help make other people feel more comfortable finding what means most to them. She will join 49 other beauty queen hopefuls in competition on the Florida stage Jan. The achievement came just days before she graduated from the Air Force Academy with a degree in physics, according to her biography.
After spending her childhood attending space camps and enjoying flying lessons, Marsh joined the Air Force Academy in El Paso County, Colorado, to make her dreams a reality. If she were to secure the national crown this weekend, Marsh emphasized she would continue to use her platform to talk to young girls about serving in the military and to dispel stereotypes about military women.
Although the beauty queen fighter pilot has ample possibilities awaiting her, Marsh said her journey will most likely take her into cancer research, a career inspired by the loss of her mother to pancreatic cancer. Miss Colorado is soaring to new heights. William R. Marsh is the first active-duty military officer to compete in the Miss American competition.
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