From the Salt Lake Tribune:
LAS VEGAS – There she is, Miss. . . Stevens.
Jill Stevens, the Utah tomboy turned combat medic turned beauty queen, was unable to take another improbable turn into the Miss America crown on Saturday night.
The Afghanistan war veteran was named an alternate finalist by the viewers of the TLC series “Miss America: Reality Check.” But her quest to become the first military veteran to claim the tiara ended shortly after the swimsuit competition. Stevens, a marathon runner and the only contestant to choose a one-piece suit for what is billed as a the “fitness” portion of the competition, answered to her elimination by dropping to the stage for a set of push-ups, to the cheers of thousands in the audience, including scores of her fellow soldiers from the Utah National Guard.





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