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  • Beauty-Queen Soldier Undaunted by 'Today' Talk of Civil War [Video]

    01/06/2007 5:04:17 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 50 replies · 3,131+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    After a run of sordid beauty-queen stories, it doesn't get much more refreshing -- or inspiring -- than this. A beauty queen lays aside her crown not because of scandal but . . . to serve her country. Meet Jessica Gaulke, who has given up her crown as Minnesota's Queen of the Lakes because her National Guard unit has been activated. Jessica is scheduled for training at Fort Hood, TX and then deployment to Iraq. The story gets even more dramatic. In the course of her interview by NBC's Natalie Morales on this morning's "Today," Jessica announced that a...