Shar
01-15-2008, 13:19
A friend called this to my attention today and after taking a close look at her I thought it was worth passing on especially since the MSM seems to focus in on the shady females serving in the military, not the exceptional ones. She's been put on recruiting duty while she tours the country speaking on Emergency Preparedness this past year. Her photos are awesome, I'm pretty sure its got to be the first time that they've taken photos with the tiara, ACUs and an M4A1. I really like the 10th MTN DIV patch she's got on. I'm a little partial to that one.
I realize most of you probably don't follow pageants, but if the TV happens to be on TLC on Jan 28th keep their fingers crossed for this one. Although, based on the amount of releases I've seen Miss America throw out about her I'm guessing the pageant needs her more than she needs the pageant. She is a registered nurse now and has applied for a full commission to be an Army Nurse now.
http://www.army.mil/gijill/
From 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. In November 2003, Jill was deployed to Afghanistan, returning home in April 2005. She has earned 5 medals for her outstanding service, and was the first female finisher of the inaugural Afghanistan Marathon, making a total of 12 marathons she has completed together with earning the highest Fitness award during Army Basic Training. In representing the Army National Guard, Sergeant Stevens recently addressed Generals from 40 different nations gathered at Hill Air Force Base.
Her page on Miss America:
http://missamerica.org/competition-info/national-contestants.asp?state=Utah
Finally, you can vote for her in "America's Choice" here (she's Miss Utah):
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/miss-america/contestants.html
I realize most of you probably don't follow pageants, but if the TV happens to be on TLC on Jan 28th keep their fingers crossed for this one. Although, based on the amount of releases I've seen Miss America throw out about her I'm guessing the pageant needs her more than she needs the pageant. She is a registered nurse now and has applied for a full commission to be an Army Nurse now.
http://www.army.mil/gijill/
From 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. In November 2003, Jill was deployed to Afghanistan, returning home in April 2005. She has earned 5 medals for her outstanding service, and was the first female finisher of the inaugural Afghanistan Marathon, making a total of 12 marathons she has completed together with earning the highest Fitness award during Army Basic Training. In representing the Army National Guard, Sergeant Stevens recently addressed Generals from 40 different nations gathered at Hill Air Force Base.
Her page on Miss America:
http://missamerica.org/competition-info/national-contestants.asp?state=Utah
Finally, you can vote for her in "America's Choice" here (she's Miss Utah):
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/miss-america/contestants.html