the first active-duty Air Force officer to be named Miss America when she soared into first place in the annual competition on Sunday. “I’m very excited to get to represent women who can break stereotypes,” Marsh said in an interview featured on the official Miss America Instagram page.The blond bombshell is a second lieutenant in the Air Force who is pursuing a master’s degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
After her crowning moment, Marsh said she wants women across the country to know: “You can achieve anything.”“The sky is not the limit, and the only person that’s stopping you is you,” she added.
Marsh was crowned Miss Colorado in May 2023 — three years after flying into the pageant world while studying physics with a focus on astronomy at the Air Force Academy. “It was very surreal.
I believe I’m the first active-duty officer from any branch to represent at the national level of the Miss America organization,” Marsh told SWNS after winning in the Centennial State.
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