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Miss Utah is medic for Utah Guard
Deseret News ^
| July 3, 2007
| Stephen Speckman
Posted on 07/04/2007 11:59:23 AM PDT by RDTF
Jill Stevens can look like a tough and gritty soldier one day and a beauty queen the next. Family photoJill Stevens spent a year in Afghanistan with the Guard in 2004-05.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning NewsJill Stevens is crowned Miss Utah by last year's winner, Katie Millar, at the Capitol Theatre last week. As a sergeant in the Utah National Guard, she's a combat medic who spent a year in Afghanistan patching up injured troops back in 2004 and 2005.
This past Friday, the 24-year-old self-described "electric" person, nicknamed "Smiles," was crowned Miss Utah. "It's still settling in," Stevens said on the phone Monday.
Last year Stevens competed as Miss Southern Utah University in the Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant, finishing as second runner-up. In May she graduated from SUU with a degree in nursing. Last February the Kaysville resident was crowned Miss Davis County before being named Miss Utah last week.
Stevens said she plans to use the $10,000 scholarship prize for her master's degree toward a career as a nurse practitioner in the emergency medicine field.
The new title was yet another surprise coming from the middle child of five siblings who have grown up in a musical family, with a mother who is a member of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
When Stevens joined the Guard just before graduating from Davis High School in 2001, her family was surprised then. Stevens said joining the military was reflective of who she was — full of energy, someone with a sense of adventure. Her family eventually understood.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Utah; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: jillstevens; militarywomen
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posted on
07/04/2007 11:59:23 AM PDT
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RDTF
To: RDTF
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posted on
07/04/2007 11:59:59 AM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: RDTF
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:00:32 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: RDTF
Had to have the pics... :)
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:01:20 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(A dyslexic, agnostic insomniac asks, "Is there a doG?")
To: RDTF
WOW!!!! That is the best looking medic I have ever seen!
God bless Utah! You folks have some amazing ladies!
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:01:39 PM PDT
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: RDTF
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:02:02 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: Volunteer
She was just interviewed on FOX - absolutely stunning.
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:02:55 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: RDTF
She was my favorite last night. I thought she dressed with class, esp in the one piece bathing suit.
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:05:27 PM PDT
by
CindyDawg
To: RDTF
So what’s her view on world peas?
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:05:55 PM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
To: stm
So what’s her view on world peas?
I think you meant to use the familiar play on words: "whirled peas"; did you not?
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:08:21 PM PDT
by
no dems
(The only way to stop the Fairness Doctrine: Elect a President in '08 who would veto it.)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Colonel_Flagg; colorado tanker; PhilDragoo; Valin
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:10:34 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Speak softly and leave a giant carbon footprint! Oh, go burn the trash while you're at it.)
To: RDTF
Do they still have a “talent” contest as part of the Miss America Pageant? if so, she could treat a gunshot wound on stage. It would be hard to beat that.
To: RDTF
“The new title was yet another surprise coming from the middle child of five siblings who have grown up in a musical family, with a mother who is a member of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir.”
Think Mom was hoping to build her own Osmond Family? LOL!
A very pretty woman, but her accomplishments do all the talking!
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07/04/2007 12:13:32 PM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: stm
Woman in a foxhole says volumes to me...Course it could be rough...soldiers thinking they died and went to heaven seeing a face like that....Whew!
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07/04/2007 12:15:03 PM PDT
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Issaquahking
( Heaven's gain...Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub - Freeper extraordinaire)
To: Issaquahking
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:15:48 PM PDT
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RDTF
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but Democrats believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Met some of the Osmonds...and happy to report that the one I’ve met are Patriots.
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:16:47 PM PDT
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Issaquahking
( Heaven's gain...Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub - Freeper extraordinaire)
To: RDTF
MEDIC!
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:19:23 PM PDT
by
OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
To: RDTF
NURSE! Take my temperature. Please.
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:20:37 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
To: Issaquahking
Oops one = ones (several)
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
Issaquahking
( Heaven's gain...Brian J. Marotta, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub - Freeper extraordinaire)
To: no dems
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posted on
07/04/2007 12:52:53 PM PDT
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stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
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