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Miss Colorado makes history as she becomes first serving US soldier EVER to be crowned Miss America: Air Force pilot, 22, training to be Top Gun fighter pilot after graduating from Harvard
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | January 14, 2024 | Natasha Anderson & James Gordon

Posted on 01/15/2024 6:18:03 AM PST by Cecily

A United States Air Force fighter pilot training to be a Top Gun has been crowned Miss America.

Madison Marsh, 22, who comes from Fort Smith, Arkansas, won the top award at a ceremony in Orlando, Florida on Sunday night.

Second Lt Marsh was crowned Miss Colorado in May 2023 before competing in the finals to scoop the top award. Marsh is the first active duty officer from any branch of the military to represent at the national level of the Miss America organization.

This year's runner-up is Miss Texas, Ellie Breaux who would be called to step in if Marsh is unable to complete a full year of service.

Miss Indiana Cydney Bridges came third, Miss Kentucky Mallory Hudson placed fourth while Miss Rhode Island Caroline Parente came fifth.

Fifty-one contestants participated in the event, representing all 50 US states, as well as the District of Columbia.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: misscolorado; usaf
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To: Cecily

I thought Top Gun was just Navy.


21 posted on 01/15/2024 6:32:31 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: stanne

A country that sends women into combat as a matter of policy is no longer worth fighting for.


22 posted on 01/15/2024 6:34:27 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Cecily

Are we sure it’s a girl?


23 posted on 01/15/2024 6:35:04 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cecily

Not only a beauty, she also has a stellar background too.......She’s not a dizzy blonde hoping for world peace.


24 posted on 01/15/2024 6:35:52 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (This Is The Way)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

She was on Fox the other day and asked what a woman was and she skirted it like a pro. Basically, her definition was what her mother was, what other women had achieved, etc. etc. Smart answer.


25 posted on 01/15/2024 6:36:54 AM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: PLMerite
Not bad for a blonde.

She hasn't been a blonde for 3-4 months. Actually, if it wasn't for bleach, she has never been a blonde.

26 posted on 01/15/2024 6:38:07 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Her chance of seeing combat are about as likely as Prince Andrew during the Falklands war. Remember him? Picture her shot down and captured. Could the military handle the loss of their postcard babe?


27 posted on 01/15/2024 6:38:30 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Cecily

She can fly me. You go girl.


28 posted on 01/15/2024 6:38:31 AM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

Who cares?! 😂


29 posted on 01/15/2024 6:38:36 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: stanne

Women can also shoot guns. So? Women in any combat role is a farce. They are not warriors. Try this exercise...let’s declare that the military can only be comprised of one sex. Which one will you pick? Case closed.


30 posted on 01/15/2024 6:38:43 AM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: Cecily

I always hate it when the media cannot get simple military terms correct. First, she is not a soldier, she’s an Airman.
Second, she’s not training to be a Top Gun fighter pilot. Top Gun is a Navy program, not Air Force.


31 posted on 01/15/2024 6:39:38 AM PST by ops33 (SMSgt, USAF, Retired)
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To: Romulus

Thank you. Post#30.


32 posted on 01/15/2024 6:41:01 AM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: V_TWIN

Vaaa Vaaa Vooom!!!


33 posted on 01/15/2024 6:41:46 AM PST by Rockingham (`)
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To: Cecily

good for her


34 posted on 01/15/2024 6:42:44 AM PST by ronniesgal (have you even tried to mind your own business?)
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To: stanne; Right Brother

This is a case where the biological difference between men and women is apparent, important, and complimentary. The following are generalizations: Men tend to have faster reflexes. However, due to physiology, women tend to be able to take slightly higher G forces. It’s a good combination. The Israelis figured this out quite a while ago.


35 posted on 01/15/2024 6:44:36 AM PST by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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To: I-ambush

in case of she is recalled for duty

I thought graduates of the Academies had to serve for a few years after graduation.


36 posted on 01/15/2024 6:46:35 AM PST by Jolla
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To: ops33

And she’s a butter bar. She’s not a fighter pilot.


37 posted on 01/15/2024 6:46:45 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Cecily

I guess we “conservatives” all forgot that the ERA was denied ratification primarily because we didn’t want women to be put in combat roles.


38 posted on 01/15/2024 6:47:16 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: Cecily

I yam a dive bomber.


39 posted on 01/15/2024 6:48:12 AM PST by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: Romulus

“A country that sends women into combat as a matter of policy is no longer worth fighting for.”

I didn’t say they can or should go into combat.


40 posted on 01/15/2024 6:49:32 AM PST by stanne
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