Law Student Turned Pageant Queen With A Purpose
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Law students get a lot of flack for being a boring lot (unless we’re talking about the law students on How To Get Away With Murder, who are a murderous AND boring group), what with the hours that students spend studying and the gunners who seem to rule the roost. But sometimes a student is able to put away (or at least compartmentalize) all the law school bulls**t and do something a little different.
Take, for example, Katherine Merck. She’s a student at Gonzaga Law School but has a passion for rodeo that she hasn’t let law school kill. In fact, yesterday she was crowned Miss Rodeo America — the first ever from Washington State. In order to nab the national title, she beat out 33 other state queens by excelling in horsemanship, rodeo and equine knowledge, a speech, and a fashion show.
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