1. Theresa Vail subsequently placed in the top ten of the Miss America 2014 pageant, where she became the first contestant to openly display tattoos and won the "America's Choice" award.
13 Facts About Theresa Vail
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Theresa Vail began her education at Kansas State University in 2009, before taking a leave of absence when she became Miss Kansas in 2013.
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Theresa Vail planned to begin medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in the summer of 2018.
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Theresa Vail is a mechanic and section leader in the Kansas Army National Guard Medical Detachment.
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Theresa Vail competed in the Miss Leavenworth County Pageant in 2012, one of the local competitions a titleholder must win in order to move on to Miss Kansas.
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Theresa Vail began to search "YouTube for opera songs to perform" because she felt that she "couldn't sing anything contemporary" and might as well go big or go home.
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Theresa Vail then passed the swimsuit competition, in which she became the first Miss America contestant to openly display tattoos, one being the Serenity Prayer along the right side of her torso.
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Theresa Vail then placed into the Top 10, after passing the evening gown portion of the contest.
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Theresa Vail was eliminated from the pageant after the talent portion in which she performed the aria "Nessun Dorma", and did not make it into the Top 5.
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Theresa Vail denounced this response on her blog and in interviews.
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Theresa Vail continued to serve as Miss Kansas until she was succeeded by Amanda Sasek in 2014.
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On May 26,2015, while filming an episode for the show near Holy Cross, Alaska, an incident occurred when Theresa Vail was with master guide Michael Wade Renfro, and assistant guide Joseph Andrew Miller of Renfro's Alaska Adventures.
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Vail subsequently left Limitless with Theresa Vail and began to host another program for the Outdoor Channel, NRA All Access, in early 2016, which she continued until starting medical school.